... social conventions of the 19th century and recognize the struggle that women endured, in order make equitable compromises within such a rigid civilization. Composers such as Robert Browning, Jane Austen, Ibsen and Thomas Hardy have all explored the social hypocrisies of the regency period and admit that not all people can make such compromises between their personal convictions and social convention ... succeeded in making an equitable compromise between her ideals and those enforced by society. Ibsen Also addressed the theme of the "Individual in Society" in his play, "A doll's House". ...

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