How Does Ibsen Present Nora's Relationship?

Since the beginning of Act I in A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, Nora is belittled and underestimated by her husband Torvald, creating the impression of a one-sided relationship, where Torvald decides everything due to the fact he has money, and Nora does not. Consequently, the relationship between Nora and Torvald is quite peculiar in the sense that it is different compared to other husband/wife relationship, which is subsidized by the bizarre pet names Torvald gives Nora. At times in the play, Nora and Torvald's marriage begins to manifest into more of a father – daughter relationship through the actions of Torvald. Additionally, he starts to portray these behaviours by displaying a possessive manner towards Nora. This can be inferred when
Seemingly, it is very strange to see a husband speaking towards his wife in that demeanor, but it is not an uncommon conversation a parent would have with their child when trying to discipline them. Furthermore, Torvald's treatment of Nora belittles and downgrades her well-being by giving her outlandish nicknames, including "squirrel", "skylark", “featherhead”, and “featherbrain” which generates the feeling that Nora is vulnerable and fragile. Moreover, Torvald always makes the addition of the word "little" to further depreciate her role in the relationship, which can be seen what Tolvald says, “come, come, my little skylark must not droop her wings. What is this! My little squirrel out of temper" (Ibsen, 4). This occurs on multiple occasions where Nora is constantly called as "little girl" or "little woman" which once again establishing a different territory than the usual way of husband and wife ways of showing affection, as it also used to evoke Nora’s dependence on Torvald, as he is the one with the income in the relationship, which seemingly makes Torvald the dominant person
Has my little spendthrift been wasting money again?” (Ibsen, 1). Torvald unsatisfyingly assumes “little” Nora has been spending all his money, creating the sense to the audience that Torvald has ownership of Nora, as he makes Nora feel she is in the wrong for buying, without telling her husband. "Suppose, now, that I borrowed fifty pounds today, and you spent it all in the Christmas week, and then on New Year’s Eve a slate fell on my head and killed me, and-" (Ibsen, 4). This conversation between Nora and Torvald illustrates the impression that Torvald believes that Nora is incapable of living without him, that if she was to be in charge all would be doomed as she has no sense to responsibility. Nonetheless, since Torvald knows that Nora needs him to be by her side providing for her giving him the upper hand in the relationship, a boost to his ego and creating the inequality in their marriage. Torvald establishes the sense of dominance in his relationship with Nora because of his