Interplay of Coercion and Consent in a Doll’s House

Abstract

The paper aims to examine the interplay of consent and coercion in the play A Doll’s House through the perspective of Althusser’s theory the ideological state apparatus and oppressive state apparatus. The problem of research is to find the systematic exploitation of women through ideological tool and oppressive tool by men. The research is qualitative based and content analysis is used as tool in this research. The objectives of the research are to explore the use of consent and coercion by male on the female and to examine the interplay of consent and coercion tools as systematic exploitation of women. There occurs the interplay of consent and coercion. According to theory both ideological and oppressive tools are used in the novel. So, personal freedom should be valued. In order to avoid silent exploitation balance should be exercised in the society.