A Doll's House
The play, A Doll House, written by Henrik Ibsen in 1879, is considered a landmark in drama for its portrayal of realistic people, places, and situations. Ibsen confines his story to the middle class. He writes of a society that is limited not only by its means of livelihood but also its outlook. Ibsen portrays his characters as preoccupied with work and money, showing a reduction of values in and that lack of quality persons with morals. Ibsen takes this realistic story and invests it with universal significance. Wrapped up in the technique of this well constructed play, Ibsen is masterful in his presentation of not only realism, but he holds a mirror up to the society of his day by using the male figures as catalysts for Nora's ultimate knowledge of self-actualization. He accomplishes this with such precision that the audience might not be aware all the subtleties that are creating their In A Doll House, Nora forges the name of her father and risks damaging her husband's good name. Henrik Ibsen offers remarkable insight into the nineteenth century preoccupation with the family and the role of the father, and what role is projected upon those who are subjugated to him. This play tak
Thus, through Nora's association and interaction with her father figures she, in a broader sense, hints at the possibility of a new dynamic for the family and society as a whole. As shown when Torvald says to Nora: All your father's flimsy values have come out in you. A prominent theme within this drama is the deterioration of the male, who is aware of his role as a "father figure". Nora's forged signature does in fact allow her to borrow money and save her sick husband. No religion, no morals, no sense of duty. When she leaves, Nora understands that she has lived her life as only an unquestioning follower, or as a doll in a doll house. But it is only through the experiences with these men that Nora's comes to question her life. She chooses instead to see herself as someone in process, in a state of becoming, rather than of having defined being. Nora's final gesture declares her separation from the fixed role of a wife. She cannot invoke the symbolic law/father. At the climax of the play Torvald tries to rekindle Nora's slave spirit in an effort to validate him and to reestablish his dominance over his environment. Within Nora's interactions with the men in her life, the signature of dead father comes at the beginning of the play. I have to think over these things myself and try to understand them. When she closes the door behind her, she leaves a house filled with dying or dead patriarchal figures. This decomposition is observed by the female protagonist (Nora).
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