A Doll's House
The capricious character of Nora, of Isben's A Doll's House, is particularly difficult to interpret. Her character is constructed by the combination of a number of varying traits. Throughout Act 1 her ambiguity is particularly prominent. Her frivolous, playful moments are readily followed by moments of practicality and astuteness. Her inconsistent moods mean as readers, we are forced to reconsider her character at every contradicting suggestion. It is not surprising that Nora is such a changeable character for she is constantly interchanging between three main roles: a supporting wife, fundamental mother and sexual being.Ibsen uses the metaphor of a doll inside a doll house to portray Nora's attempt to become an individual while confined inside a male dominated world. Her wish to become self motivated is obstructed by Tor
Although Nora is a woman who shirks or is probably unaware of her responsibilities (particularly with regard to her children who are under permanent care of Ann- Marie) here she has, apparently, fulfilled something of her duty as a wife. Her attempt to enforce her social superiority over him is genuinely intimidated. " Lacking experience of life in the real world and oblivious to the outdoor hardships, Nora is vulnerable. In her ambitious attempt to be superior she states "one isn't without influence". Although we are supposed to see Nora as childlike and immature she has been carefully constructed so that her independence and native wisdom (which remain behind the veneer caused by her father and Helmer) have always shown through. She is very smug and unaware of potentially dangerous consequences. The problem of her debt to Krogstad is later revealed and hardly surprising. Her personal attitude to her action, which in her mind saved "Torvald's life" is very childlike. "Nora's stereotyped roll as a doll confined to a doll's house constantly being fathered by Torvald encourages her childlike manner. Krogstad, I don't have any influence. Her character at this stage is one enforced on her by society and those around her. However an entirely different contradicting side to Nora's character is revealed when Nora explains exactly what she did "for Helmer". Nora's home is the realization of domestic bliss, preserved and presented like "A Doll's House.
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Helmer Nora,
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