A Doll's House - Nora
At the beginning of the play, Nora, who in A Doll's House is the female protagonist, is portrayed like a doll, hence the title of the play. Her husband, Torvald, talks to her like a little girl, using terms such as "little lark" or "little squirrel" or his "song bird" in ways that illustrate his dominance in their relationship. He also makes her seem inferior by making parallels to weak diminutive birds and she. Later on in the first act, we are shown that Nora is not really as helpless as she is first revealed. Throughout the story Nora struggles for self-realization and independence from Torvald's childlike treatment of her. Nora's gradual self-realization is depicted thoroughly in A Doll's House. The play flows well with the theme of self-realization in women. Although the characters in books or short stories such as "The Color Purple" or "A Work of Artifice" are in totally different situations, they all deal with the same grapple; that is, the search for a full appreciation of themselves. Throughout the story we are enlightened by the fact that Nora really isn't as inferior, or a "silly girl" like Torvald believes she is. In Act One through Nora's conversation with Mrs. Linde, we are revealed that she has made
Nora's undeniable strength is shown through the mere fact that she saved Torvald's life by risking her perfect wife status, and going against society. " In conjunction with "A Work of Artifice," which states that a good bonsai tree, or woman, has "the crippled brain," both indicating stupidity and naivety. Torvald also uses terms to refer to Nora such as "little featherbrain" and "little scatterbrain. Contrasting the main female character in "The Yellow Wallpaper" Nora was not really trapped, but the false life and identity she had assumed in her own house served to be that of an internment. Through Nora's excitement to wear the fancy party dress, the reader is given a foreshadowing of her urge to set free, and be independent. In the opening scene Torvald forbids Nora from eating macaroons, taking away some of her rights. Like the gardener in Piercy's poem does to the bonsai tree, Torvald "whittles back" Nora's privileges. Nora went directly from her father to being Torvald's "little song bird. Nora and Celie, the female protagonist from "The Color Purple," have a great deal in common. Like all of the women examined in the unit on Women's Struggle for Self-Realization, Nora was a character created to demonstrate the need for self-love and more rights. The poem "A Work of Artifice" is a precise example of how Nora acted, and was treated before her self-realization. Many of the stories also involve a woman going against the norms of society, making that even harder in their pursuit. a loan with Krogstad, which leads the reader to the knowledge that she is more educated about business aspects, which are usually only known by men, than as portrayed. " Although Celie's stuggle was much more physical than was Nora's, both of these women displayed great courage and determination in coming to full realizations of themselves. The whole story, up until the formal dinner, takes place inside the walls of her house.
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