A Doll's House
The title of the play, "A Doll's House", is directly based on how Nora, the main character, is treated and how she behaves throughout the entire play. The title reflects on Nora's life, and what she has faced her entire life. She is basically treated like a "doll", her whole life. She feels very much like a "doll", and she feels trapped in the world, which she would refer to as a "dollhouse", thus giving the title of the play, "A Doll's House". A doll has many resemblances to a child. A child loves and cares for a doll, much like a parent loves and cares for their child. A child is trapped inside the house he or she lives in, while a doll is trapped in her own little world that occurs within her dollhouse. Nora has been childish ever since the play has started. She has the mind of child, and therefore acts like a child. "(Puts the bag of macaroons into pocket and wipes her mouth)" (Nora: Page 4)Like most children, she has a huge craving for sweets, and she does not like to get into trouble. Here she is trying to hide some of candy, from her husband, just like what a child would do to avoid the troubles that were involved. This shows that she does not have a lot of power in the marri
" (Nora: Page 63)Nora's father treated her as a doll, and he handed her to Torvald, who adjusted her into his own doll. Nora is treated like a "doll", throughout her entire life. Torvald is considered a very controlling person, therefore he denies Nora of any moral or intellectual life of her own. The play deals with the roles that men and women are trapped into. Nora realized from that point on, their marriage could never work, because it was too "phony". " (Nora: Page 63) Nora expected Torvald to react as a savoir as he found out about the "scam" she was involved with, but instead Torvald acted differently. When Nora knows the truth about a true marriage she has a determination to seek answers. He feels that his reputation will grow if he is married to a lovely woman like Nora. At first Christine, thought Nora still had a mind of a child. These roles that the characters portrays are immensely evolving as the plays continues. You arranged everything according to your taste, and so I got the same tastes as you - or else I pretended to, . She makes fun of herself, so that she can fulfill her role of being inferior to men, especially to Torvald. Due to that, she seems to act very childish and ditzy in front of her husband, therefore fulfilling her husband's expectations. Torvald is controlling on how the roles are supposed to be played.
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