A Doll's House
Henrik Ibsen's, A Doll's House, contains significant childhood images concerning it's main character Nora. Using metaphors, Ibsen portrays Nors as a child. She is a child-woman, a child-wife, and a child-mother. Through her interactions with other characters, one can see the internal child within Nora: she is a little girl, living in a doll's house. She was her father's doll, Torvald's doll and she has dolls of her own. Her darling doll children are foreshadowed to grow up the same as their mother. As a woman she acts very much like a little girl. She finds pleasure in simple deception. Nora finally does emerge into adulthood by the end of the play. She will no longer be a skylark inertly singing the song of devotion and beauty. Nora is moving on to discover the intelligent, independent woman she knows she is. Primarly, Nora can be described as a child-woman. How she deals with the bag of macaroons is a notable example of her childlike behavior. She feels she has to hide them from Torvald, and even Dr. Rank. Torvald worries of her figure, but Nora loves the forbidden fruit, and she keeps the macaroons her devious secret. She has no reason to withhold her indulge
He does not understand, nor would he ever be able to accept this if he was given a choice, which he was not. She deals with her children as though she is playing house. Names like skylark, squirrel and my little spend thrift illustrate how Torvald portrays his wife. Nora can also be perceived as a child-mother. No little girl renounces her father's terms of endearment, nor would Nora reject what Torvald says to her until she finds the courage to grow up. Most importantly perhaps, Nora can be examined as the child-wife. She also finds sinister pleasure in indulgence when she begs Torvald for more money. Torvald's reaction to Nora standing up for herself practically justifies all of her child-like antics. You are getting quite a good salary now, and you are going to earn lots and lots of money. She will no longer live in a doll's house. This of course foreshadows Nora's flight at the end of the play. When they are discussing the family budget for Christmas time, Nora justifies her expenses in saying,Ah, if you only knew how many expenses the likes of us sky-larks and squirrels have, Torvald. He does with her as he pleases and she conforms to his wishes almost completely. Nora virtually does nothing, indicating that these names might bother her.
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