Christmas In A Doll's House Essay
As long as people can remember the day know as Christmas and New years has both been seen as see days of new life and renewal. Christmas usually been viewed as a Christian holiday with the birth of Jesus Christ and New Year’s a symbol of a beginning of another new year. Henrik Ibsen play A Doll House setting goes on during this festive season in which most of the main characters work through some sort of realization and come to a new understanding about their lifetimes as the time proceeds. Christmas in the play is first introduced through the Christmas tree that Nora got for the family to be hidden until it was finished and prepared for viewing pleasure. The Christmas tree can be representational symbol for the state Nora person. Her hiding
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At the start of the play everything seem to be ok in a sense. Torvald and Nora both seem happy with a Torvald new job and Nora close to being free from debt to Krogstad. However, as the story progresses the more turn it take the darker it gets for the two until by New Year’s Day they are already divorcing as a married couple. Though it seems like a dark ending to the play there is light in the darkness for some characters. For Krogstad and Christine it would be the exact opposite of what happen too Nora and Torvald. The two decide to get married after Christine tries to convince she still loves him from her previous relationship with him. She states, “Two on the same piece of wreckage would stand a better chance than each on their own.” that they can each give a purpose in life to each by supporting one another. Forming new bond that was previously broken is form a rebirth for the two in which they start new lives together. Though the Holiday season of Christmas and New Year’s can seen as happy and festive, it can also dark and depressing. From that darkness, just like in the play A Doll House, new life can be seen when Nora finally decides to separate herself from her current life so she can understand and find herself as a her own person. The light can also be seen from Krogstad and Christine become a couple again. The significance of the two holidays can
At the start of the play everything seem to be ok in a sense. Torvald and Nora both seem happy with a Torvald new job and Nora close to being free from debt to Krogstad. However, as the story progresses the more turn it take the darker it gets for the two until by New Year’s Day they are already divorcing as a married couple. Though it seems like a dark ending to the play there is light in the darkness for some characters. For Krogstad and Christine it would be the exact opposite of what happen too Nora and Torvald. The two decide to get married after Christine tries to convince she still loves him from her previous relationship with him. She states, “Two on the same piece of wreckage would stand a better chance than each on their own.” that they can each give a purpose in life to each by supporting one another. Forming new bond that was previously broken is form a rebirth for the two in which they start new lives together. Though the Holiday season of Christmas and New Year’s can seen as happy and festive, it can also dark and depressing. From that darkness, just like in the play A Doll House, new life can be seen when Nora finally decides to separate herself from her current life so she can understand and find herself as a her own person. The light can also be seen from Krogstad and Christine become a couple again. The significance of the two holidays can