A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

The “Doll House” is a drama piece bringing to readers the typical occurrences that take place in marriages. At the beginning, Nora, the protagonist of the play and a typical housewife believes that true marriage is based on obedience. She put in illustration the act of being good to her parents as a daughter, obedient as a wife, and responsible as a mother. Torvald the husband of Nora is a man who is extremely successful and also projects on the act of being manipulative. As the breadwinner he is dominant and controlling and shows such characteristics at every given opportunity. In Torvald’s opinion, to have true marriage, a husband should be the model of his wife and breadwinner as it is from the named drama piece, Nora is the Doll in the house; “Doll House”.

The theme throughout the play highlight’s the idea of Nora being the doll toy owned by Torvald. This theme is repeated in words and actions that boldly is manipulation and domination as opposed to obedience, adjustment, and respect. Nora believes in self-fulfillment, and always desires what is there to be taken, but never has the interest to give anything unless it happens to be mandatory. Nora is the lady that sits and waits to be spoon fed by another. No matter what the circumstances are she inevitably digests all the poison and bitterness Torvald and the other characters push down her throat. Her love for money is far from normal; she demands as much money as Torvald earns. He always gives her everything she desires which explains why she never feels the need to change. All that Nora is, is not for her to be blamed, but for Torvald to be blamed. He made her who she is, being supportive and in agreement with her self-status. In contrast to further on in the play, Nora t...

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...that the only dolls should ever be in a house are children and pets. With all that knowledge gained by Nora she separates herself from Torvald. Torvald on the other hand after pleading for Nora to stay with him becomes sad with his only cares; his career and outdoor reputation which helps him to figure out they were the masters of incompatibility. This results in the separation to be the end of the drama and tells him that marriage is equality, and far more important than a successful career and the best reputation he could ever have. As for Kristine and Krogstad, separation ends for unity to takes place and their marriage becomes mature and succumb the effects of time. They lose their spouses, depend on each other for survival, and are pieces of each other. True marriage in this sense now is based upon ultimate sacrifice and responsibility.

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