Jail. In the words of famous poet Langston Hughes, oppression is jail. In Hughes' poem, "Oppression", the themes present are not being able to have dreams and the feeling of being locked away. These same ideas are present in the play "A Doll's house" by Henrick Ibsen. Nora is trapped in her own oppression hiding her true life away from her husband. Nora is stuck living the life that has been given to her and she is not able to say that she is actually living. Nora could have been considered acting out her marriage and her love for her husband can be questioned. Nora was not happy with her life and her dreams were not available. Just as Langston Hughes says oppression is like having dreams "not available to the dreamers" and Nora can be put under that category. She was living in this so called "jail" and could not break out. Nora was trapped and could not capture her dreams. At the end of the play, Nora was able to break free out of "jail" to live her own life and to grow her own dreams. She was living a life that was not hers and Nora was not satisfied. Something had to be done and Nora did what was necessary to get out of "jail".
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