Michael Meyer, in his biography Henrik Ibsen, says that the play is not so much about women’s rights as about "the need of every individual to find out the kind of person he or she really is, and to strive to become that person." Support or refute this interpretation?

This question refers to the play A Doll's House by Henry Ibsen.

In this case, I disagree with the statement of Michael Meyer. I believe that it is a mistake to read this play without taking into account the dimension of gender in the experiences of the characters. It is true that the play addresses the need of every person to find out who they really are and strive to reach that goal. However, this is a very different experience for the characters depending on their gender. While the male characters are able to determine their own destiny without much judgement, Nora's options are severely limited. She is judged harshly because of her lack of motherly skills, and the development of her personality is limited by her relationship to the male characters in the story. This is essential to the play, as the bad decisions that Nora makes are a consequence of the limitations that society places on women, which makes them unable to fully develop their own identity.

industrialization in great britain began with the global 'industrial revolution', a pioneer. industrialization in russia was the last in europe, a laggard.

great britain’s industrialization was driven by individual citizens, while russia’s was guided by the government.

in the short story the slip-over sweater by jesse stuart, the main character and narrator shan is friends with grace, an intelligent girl he has known since childhood and with whom he used to be in love.

at the beginning of the story, shan believes he’s no longer in love with grace, but loves jo-anne instead. in order to buy a slip-over sweater and have jo-anne wear it so that the other students would know she loved him too, shan takes a loan at the bank.

while jo-anne is wearing shan’s sweater, his friend grace starts to wear another popular boy’s one, roy’s sweater. because of that, the other students begin to pay attention to grace and compliment her perseverance and effort. they admire her for walking 5 miles to school every day, despite the weather, and still getting the best grades. shan, who knows all of that for a fact, says, as the narrator, ‘and i knew she had the durability and the toughness of a storm-battered mountain oak.’ he compares his friend’s strength – not only physical, but also of character – to an oak tree, whose wood is known for being sturdy.

as the story goes on, shan changes his behavior out of concern for the debt he has to pay at the bank. his new girlfriend jo-anne never asks him what is wrong nor offers any sort of . instead, she breaks up with shan for not being as fun as she thought he was supposed to be. grace, however, not only asks about shan’s problem, but him make the money he needs. shan can’t but notice how different the girls are and what a wonderful person grace is.   even though he used to find jo-anne prettier at the beginning of the story, he now says, ‘grace was as beautiful as our mountain was in april, prettier than a blossom of wild phlox or a mountain daisy.’ his comparing grace to a mountain or something that exists on a mountain (such as a mountain oak or daisy) certainly has important meaning since shan loves the mountain and everything about it and he knows the mountain thoroughly. shan also loves and knows grace as completely as he does the mountain.