Which themes from the play challenge the cultural expectations of the period in which a doll’s house is set? check all that apply.

(a)an oppressive society fails to recognize the value of women.

(b)women must make sacrifices for the sake of their families.

(c)men must financially support their families.

(d)the oppressed live an unsatisfying life.

(e)living a lie will eventually lead to a crisis.

a, d, e

The answers are indeed:

(A) An oppressive society fails to recognize the value of women.

(D) The oppressed live an unsatisfying life.

(E) Living a lie will eventually lead to a crisis.

Explanation:

"A Doll's House" is a play by Henrik Ibsen written in 1879. The themes developed through the plot and characters were very much shocking since they went against what society believed to be right at that time.

Nora and her husband Torvald Helmer are the representatives of society's views on the roles of men and women. Helmer behaves as a dictator. He has a savior complex and sees his own wife as a helpless being, who would be nothing without him. He also treats Nora as his "doll", having her do as he sees fit, choosing what she must do and when.

At the beginning of the play, Nora is still in her role as a mother and wife whose sole purpose is to make her husband happy and raise her children. Things begin to fall apart when a secret she has been keeping from her husband is about to be revealed. Her desperation to prevent it from being known only leads to a bigger crisis (letter E) and she realizes she has been living a lie - not just the lie of having a secret, but the lie of her role as a woman.

Nora realizes she is unhappy (letter D) and starts to view herself as a reasonable human being before all else. Helmer fails to see that (letter A), stubbornly attached to his old values and misconceptions:

Helmer: Before all else, you are a wife and a mother.

Nora: I don't believe that any longer. I believe that before all else I am a reasonable human being, just as you are--or, at all events, that I must try and become one. I know quite well, Torvald, that most people would think you right, and that views of that kind are to be found in books; but I can no longer content myself with what most people say, or with what is found in books. I must think over things for myself and get to understand them.

Helmer: Can you not understand your place in your own home? Have you not a reliable guide in such matters as that?--have you no religion?

Nora: I am afraid, Torvald, I do not exactly know what religion is.

the reason some people sacrifice their own life for another person's life could be that they are in love with them and would do anything to keep them safe a protected even if that means risking their life in the process