Similarities Between Chrysanthemums And A Doll's House

In “Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck and A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, both authors illustrate in readers minds that women back then had no freedom and they always doubted themselves, because of all the ways that men treated them. Therefore, if men made women feel insecure and weak and just let them do hard chores all day then the women would have no hope and feel like prisoners. Women’s way of thinking and their behaviors were based on how the society wanted them to be.
In “Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck the story is based on a main character named Eliza. She is married but has no children yet she has a very caring husband who always takes care of her. Eliza is a very passionate women and a very hardworking individual. While Eliza

The traveler lured Eliza into thinking that he cares about her chrysanthemums by telling her “Look I know a lady down the road a piece, has the nicest garden you ever seen. Got nearly every kind of flower, but no chrysanthemums. Last time I was mending a copper-bottom washed tub for her (that’s a hard job but I do it good), she said to me ‘if you ever run acrost some nice chrysanthemums I wish you’d try to get me a few seeds. That’s what she told me” (245). In this conversation between Eliza and the traveler we could see that he is trying to trick Eliza into thinking that he has interest in the chrysanthemums. She felt happy that he showed some interest in her precious chrysanthemums, because metaphorically the chrysanthemums meant to Eliza like they were her own children, because every year she would plant them and take care of them.

Nora is a character that was controlled by her father and had no say in the things her father to her to do. Afterwards she was married to Torvald who was soon to be a manager in a bank. Also, Nora had three children that are being raised by Anne a maid who used to take care of Nora when she was a child. Nora borrowed a lot of money from Krogstad because Torvald was really sick and the doctors prescribed him to be in a warmer weather, but at that time the family did not have a lot of money to go on a trip to a warmer climate. Therefore, Nora forced her father’s signature after his death and signed instead of him just to save her husband’s life from dying. Krogstad, is a man who works with Torvald in the bank, yet he does not like him because he is not trustworthy and he forces people into doing something that he wants them to do. In addition, Torvald dislikes Krogstad because he is afraid of manipulating his children’s minds. Therefore, Torvald decides to fire Krogstad from the bank. Krogstad hears from co-workers that he is going to be fired from his job. Krogstad does not want to be fired because his reputation in the society is bad because of what he has done in the past. Thus, Krogstad hurries to Nora’s house and speaks to her about the debt, yet he is frustrated and angry because he heard that he is going to get fired. He blackmailed Nora saying that she either