Nora's Transformation (From child to woman)
The play entitled "A Doll's House", by Henrik Ibsen, deals with the issue of a woman's role in society. More specifically, the subordinate role women play in comparison to that of their husbands. Women, at that time, were mainly given the impression that one should support her husband through whatever decisions he chooses to make. As well, women should be sympathetic, comforting, and obedient towards their husbands. During act one, the main character, Nora Helmer, possesses theses qualities as a woman, a wife, a mother, and a companion. She later opens her eyes to the world; seeing her life in a completely different light and becomes curious, as she sets goals for herself, trying to seek purpose in life. In a sense, Nora goes from being an oblivious, innocent child, transformed into a curious woman. She comes to the realization that she needs to experience and learn things for herself and can no longer depend on others (namely men) to spoon feed her whatever information they see is needed to know by a woman. The concept of Nora having a rather childlike air about her at the beginning of the play is supported through her acts of disobedience and indecisiveness. Like a child, Nora is told by her husband that she is forbidden to e
She constantly depends on others around her, and therefore is lacking a huge portion of life, which is real life experiences; learning lessons and rules through ones own trial and error. On the other hand, Nora is also a "spendthrift" and takes joy in spending large sums of money on luxuries such as Christmas gifts. "(69) Nora finally realizes that she is no longer a child, but now a woman coming up from underneath her husbands dark shadow over her. Torvald is understandably furious with her. But I shall not allow you to bring up the children; I dare not trust them to you. She is strong and vibrant; gleaming with aspiration and determination.
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