In our Humanities class, Drama, this unit, we read the play A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. We discussed the impacts the play had on feminism and views of women's roles in society, and the historical context of 1870s Norway. Also in this unit, we revisited The Color Purple to see how feminism was portrayed in that book. For our Action Project this unit, we created a dramatic dialogue to address the question 'Should men and women have different roles in society?'. We answered this question by putting ourselves in the shoes of different women, including Nora, the main character from A Doll's House, ourselves, or one of our partners, and a historical or famous woman that inspired us. I completed two of these dialogues. For one, my group, MN, and KM decided on Carrie Fisher. She was a very inspiring and influential woman who really shaped me growing up. For my second group, with NB and BM, we decided to include Michelle Obama, who is one of the strongest and most accomplished women I have ever heard of. Thank you for watching, and enjoy!
A Question Through Time from MN on Vimeo.
NB MDS BM Nora Conversation from N B on Vimeo.
In my point of view, women should be treated exactly the same as men. Every single human alive, regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexuality, religion, or any other identity, should be treated just like everyone else. Every person deserves basic human rights, some of which even Nora, who lived in Norway, which is considered a very liberal country, did not have access to. In many countries still today, women do not have access to healthcare, education, voting and consent for marriage or relationships. Humans are all alive and deserve to have a safe and comfortable live free from judgment from things about themselves that they can't control. There are many women that I look up to who I find inspiring. Some of my heroes are Rosalind Franklin, Ellen Degeneres, and Laverne Cox, who all broke boundaries simply by being themselves. I cannot wait until we get to the point in feminism where women are not seen as 'powerful or 'groundbreaking' just by accomplishing something.
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| Doll House. Beatrix Potter. 1904. Wikimedia Commons. |
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