Analysis Of Playing Dress Up In A Doll's House

Playing Dress Up in A Doll’s House: an Expose on the Symbolism of Fashion. Clothing is one of the easiest ways to present a personality. Henrik Ibsen carefully crafted the characters in A Doll’s House by formulating the way they talked and interacted with each other. While reading a story, thoughts and personalities stand at center stage but in the real world, or while watching a play, people make snap judgements about who they are evaluating based on looks. Characters in the play used their clothing as a way to brand themselves to other people but also to expose their inner feelings. Even a simple jacket can symbolize a characters’ deepest darkest secrets. Nora’s fascination with her fashion made her appear small minded but in reality she was fighting for her spot in life. She thought that all she had to contribute was a facade to keep everyone smiling. She was constantly sewing and fixing

Being a pretty little bird meant that Nora was expected to dress a certain way. Nora hid secrets from her family to appear to be a perfect wife. Taking out a loan as a woman, and then hiding it from her husband caused anxiety in her life because it made her feel like she couldn’t provide for her family in the way they needed without going against society’s way. She wore clothes that overcompensated for her shortcomings as a wife and mother. Fashion has been a key factor in presenting unique personalities from the beginning of time. Over time, as generations have taken on roles different from their ancestors, their choice of clothing has reflected their own ideas. In the same way that fuzzy socks represent a yearning for comfort for some against the harsh and uncomforting world of today, corsets represented the need for women to fit themselves into the image of who others wanted them to be. Any personality, color, or background could be strapped into a mold of the perfect