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As a theater major I was told that theater is a vessel for both entertainment and education. When look that deep enough it is easy to see Theatre as social activism. Although not the playwright s intentions but both Henrik Ibsenn and William Shakespeare word social activist and through their place they told stories about imbalanced societies and Injustice towards women. I will be discussing the need for feminism in measure for measure by William Shakespeare focusing on Isabella and a doll s house by Henrik Ibsen focusing on Nora. At the top of a doll s house we meet Nora a wife and mother of two who serves her husband and gets used as a plaything Chelsea gets called pet names such as squirrel and large. Nora also treats her husband†¦show more content†¦In measure for measure to save her brother Claudio s life Isabella virginal nun-in-training allows the Angelo( the Lord temporarily in charge Vienna,who jailed Claudio s for fornication) to think she will go along with his bla ckmail and have sex with him in exchange for her brother s life. It is because Isabella is strong and tenacious( unlike most women of that time) Angelo feels as if he needs to knock her down: ...If he Cannot possess what she possesses he can at least lower her as a rival robbing her of her virtue the act of fornication then satisfies both Angelo s acquisitive mimesis towards Isabella as object and conflictive mimesis toward her as arrival. The more she protests the more intent he will be on destroying her. (spectator seduaction 245) It is because of Angelo s Relentless manipulative and evil Behavior Isabella knows that he isn t someone to challenge so she must let him believe that he is more powerful than her and she will submit to his commands and have sex with him. Both authors show how these men use dominance against women and how these women meet dominance which submission because they know that the quickest way to get what they want is to do what men want. If there was equality and they societies both Nora and Isabella wouldn t have to subject themselves to submission in orderShow MoreRelatedWilliam Shakespeare s Hamlet And Henrik Ibsen s A Doll s House1400 Words   |  6 Pageswhether or not there is despair or hope. Looking at William Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House it is clear that both possess certain tragic aspects. The protagonists of both pieces’ experience suffering due to a similar flaw and both plays inspire feelings of pity and fear. 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