fancy dress costume‚ the Christmas tree and the Tarantella dance symbolized the movement towards freedom of a woman victim to her society. Nora’s fancy dress costume was chosen by Torvald. Nora wore the dress for him. This reinforced the idea that it was Nora’s superficial qualities‚ such as her beauty‚ that Torvald most appreciated and was interested in. In Act II the Nurse brought the dress to Nora. (Ibsen 2205) Nora discovered the dress to be torn. It was Mrs. Linde’s idea to repair the
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Christine to show the importance of honesty in a good marriage versus dishonesty. Nora and Torvald have the dishonest marriage and that proves to turn out badly for their relationship in the end. Christine remained an honest person and ended up with a rekindled relationship with her old love. At the very beginning‚ everything seems fine with Torvald and Nora if Nora’s initial act of dishonesty is ignored. Torvald calls to her first. “When did my squirrel come home?” (Act I) Right after answering
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by inch helps Nora come to the conclusion that she must leave her home and family. As Nora states " My first duty is to myself" (Ibsen 68 ). Her husband‚ Torvald‚ treats Nora more as a possession then an equal partner. He uses‚ manipulates and molds her to fit perfectly into his facade. Krogstad‚ a morally diseased man who works for Torvald‚ also uses Nora to gain a higher position at work. He believes herto be an easy target for blackmail. Nora’s best childhood friend‚ Christine Linde‚ helps
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age Nora felt like a doll or something less. Nora remembers the times her father would play with her‚ “He used to call me his doll-child‚ and he played with me the way I played with my dolls” she is aware the position she holds in the patriarchy. Torvald and Nora appear to share a idealistic marriage and family life. This perfect image is terrorized when Nora’s act of forgery is in jeopardy of being disclosed. The following episodes that take place leads Nora to slowly realize that
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direct emphasis on Nora and her husband (Torvald) relationship. One can easily assume that their relationship is based on material things and status. It appears that money is the one thing which is keeping their marriage what is considered to be happy. Throughout the first act Torvald immediately begins referring to his wife with childlike names. In the first opening lines he refers to Nora as "my squirrel." Throughout the play‚ Torvald continues to uses nick names such as "little
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Nora herself. Nora‚ pretending to be the perfect wife that her controlling husband wants‚ is the "doll" of the house.She is dying inside to find herself and to become free of all the work that comes with being the perfect wife in that time period. Torvald also treats her as if she were a doll. He treats her as is she was an object‚ something that belonged to him that he thought he could never lose‚ as if she were a toy rather than being a human being. He controls Nora’s life to the point that he refers
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treat‚ macaroons. Nora’s husband Torvald‚ then enters the room to discuss having money for gifts and such. Torvald mainly focuses on his money and material things rather than on people. His significance of manhood relies on his financial assurance. Throughout the play Nora’s husband‚ Torvald calls her many different diminutive names instead of her real name‚ Nora. Some of them include: “squirrel”‚ “little person”‚ “little woman” and “little featherhead”. Torvald seemed to use the word "little" before
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such an ending for it challenges the society and its norm. In the third act‚ the protagonist Nora decides to abandon her husband Torvald and her children after seeing her husband’s reaction to a letter‚ revealing that Nora committed a crime to save her husband’s life. She does not think that her action is a crime because her motivation was love and she thought Torvald would appreciate this. When she realises that he does not she questions her concept of life and her marriage. The following essay
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House Henrik Ibsen ’s A Doll House centers around the life of Nora and Torvald‚ a young married couple from Norway with three small children. In the play‚ Ibsen takes the readers into the home of Nora and Torvald‚ allowing them to view the couple ’s relationship over a three-day period. Nora ’s introduction occurs in the first scene with a childlike enthusiasm for life and love of her husband and family. Later‚ when Torvald makes his entrance he appears as the doting yet somewhat condescending
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he is not aware of. The inciting incident is when Torvald talks of becoming the bank president and the raise he will receive has Nora thinking she will be able to pay the loan off early. The rising action starts when Korgstad tries to blackmail Nora to help him keep his job at the bank by saying he would not let her husband know about the loan she had if she would help him to keep his job. When this does not work‚ Korgstad writes a letter to Torvald to explain to him about Nora’s loan. Mrs. Linde tells
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