A Doll's House

             Literary Essay: 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 marriage, if there's a rule about not eating sweets. She loves sweets from what we have seen so far.
             One of the main reasons she acts like a child is because she is very much treated like a child her whole life. Her father treated her like a child, and now her husband treats her like a child.
             "Very well. But now tell me, you extravagant little person, what would you like yourself?"
             Her father and her husband didn't let Nora's mind evolve into a more mature mind, therefore she is somewhat trapped with the mind of a child.
             Nora feels like a child, but she feels trapped inside the house she is living in, m...

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