e and his family name. The following analysis focuses on Nora's ultimate realization that she must be an 
             emancipated person to be her true self. Her navigation through the elements of 
             crises are focused through the father-figures in her life. The journey towards her 
             self-actualization and rising freedom can be found within her relationships with 
             the men in her life. This ultimately identifies the relevant thematic elements 
             that are pivotal for Nora's character development from a vapid child posing as what ever will get her through the day into a inquisitive woman. Nora develops her potential as a true mature person with the experience and knowledge that she has a longer journey ahead of her.
             A Doll's House makes extensive use of the father's name, and the 
             father figure. Ibsen subtly unravels the family as a male dominated society almost 
             fatally preoccupied with its own masculine image while trapping those who would believe in the myth. A Doll House utilizes the father as a complex metaphor 
             for a larger social problem which constrains both men and women. Nora's persona 
             and her developing maturity are completely controlled and motivated by, 
             her father's name, Torvald, and Dr. Rank: the father-figures in her life. 
                The opening scenes of A Doll's House focus on Torvald and Nora Helmer 
             preparing for Christmas with the children. The family's economic problems establish
             Nora's pending conflict, along with Torvald's position of authority. This comes 
             both from his economic dominance and from his (and Nora's) belief in his 
             superiority. He rules Nora and his children like a parody of a God. He creates and
             subjugates through the animal names, "lark," and "squirrel," when he addresses Nora. For example...