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An Analysis Of A Doll's House - Term Papers

An Analysis Of A Doll's House

Although I really enjoyed reading A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen,
I also found this play to be very frustrating. Although Nora's relationship
with her husband was to be expected during the time it was written, it
annoyed me anyway. Throughout the play it was apparent that Torvald did
love Nora, but only in the way that one would love his prized possession.
Nora was his trophy, nothing more. He enjoyed playing house with her and
loved having his perfect wife in his perfect house with their perfect
children, and he loved her as deeply as he could understand the word, but I
do not believe he truly loved Nora. I do not think his feelings could ever
reach that depth, no matter how hard he ...

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here, just as at home I was Papa's doll-
child. And the children have been my dolls in their turn. I liked it when
you came and played with me, just as they liked it when I came and played
with them. That's what our marriage has been Torvald."
I think that it is at this point that Nora's world transforms from
a "doll's house" into reality. After having finished this play, I think
that Ibsen had chosen the perfect title, for Nora's world was truly
reflective of the title. I also feel that Ibsen foreshadowed the end
cleverly when he had Nora tell her husband about the Christmas presents she
bought for the children. She tells Torvald, "…and here's a doll and a
doll's bed for Emmy. They're rather plain, but soon she'll smash them to
bits anyway." Since Nora is referred to as a doll in this play, the quote
leads the reader to assume that her life as she knows it will soon be
drastically changed.
Also, in the play, Torvald does not treat Nora as a person who has
her own ...

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Added: 8/6/2008 08:49:53 AM
Category: Arts
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