o determine the significance of the title 'A Doll's House,' we must first examine what these words actually mean. According to the Hamlyn Encyclopedic World Dictionary published in 1971, a 'Doll's House' is;
Now let's take a look at the definition of a 'Doll.'
1. a toy puppet representing a child or other human being; a child's toy
2. a pretty but expressionless or unintelligent woman
3. an attractive woman, especially one who is young
4. to dress in a smart or showy manner
The title 'A Doll's House' invites us to apply a metaphor to the play and compare what is going on in the Helmer household to a child's game, featuring an artificial life of doll's manipulated by the doll master/mistress. We now begin to wonder about the iss
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