dolls house
The play A Doll's House, written by Henrik Ibsen, was written during a time period where society thought it was ok to oppress women and treat them like property. In the play, the main story deals with a stereotypical middle class household and the values inside which relate directly to the values of the society during the time period. Nora, the main character in the story, is anticipating her husband getting a high paying job and living fairly wealthy in an upper class household with two kids. Nora has all the material objects she could want in her marriage, but lacks individual freedom and a husband who loves her like she loves him. The main theme in A Dolls House is how a woman breaks out of her role as a housewife that her husband gave her and becomes an individual. At the beginning of the story, Nora is portrayed as being weak minded and under the total control of her husband. By the end of the story, Nora breaks out of her role that she was playing and decides that she needs to leave her current life as a mother and wife and be the individual that she wants to be. At the beginning of the story, Nora's character and personality is shown by Torvalds narrow views of women and her role as a good
One of the ways that Nora is shown to be weaker than her husband is by the little nicknames that he is constantly calling her throughout the story. and Gioria, (New York: Longman),2000. These views that Torvald had can be described by which he felt that women were helpless and that they need to rely on their husband and live the life that he would want her to have. Another example that shows how Nora is not her own person and that she is just playing a role is when she was practicing dancing before the big dance. Even though these lies weren't that big of a deal, they are showing that Nora is going against her role as an obedient housewife and being more of an individual. These nicknames that Torvald uses when talking to Nora show how he feels they are not equal and that she is definitely not an individual but rather property of her husband. Torvald uses names such as "squirrel", "little songbird" and "little skylark" which are used many times throughout the story when referring to his wife. Torvalds constant use of the term "little" before the names he's given Nora suggests his superiority to Nora. During most the story Nora seems to be content with her role, but showed some signs that she wanted to be her own person and be more of an individual. Works CitedIbsen, Henkrik, "A Dolls House", Kennedy X. The idea that he uses terms such as "squirrel" and "skylark" shows how he thinks Nora is very weak by using references of small, weak forest animals. Torvalds views on what a woman's role in the household should be is a reflection of how women were treated in society during this particular time period. Torvald was very serious about Nora getting her dance steps down right and that they were exactly how he wanted them to be. This part in the play is a reflection on how Torvald wanted Nora to be the wife he wanted her to be.
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