A Doll’s House: a Marriage Revealed

In the play A Dolls House, by Henrik Ibson, Torvald and Nora have an unacceptable marriage that only leads to problems. The marriage, and the household, is overrun by potent dominance that pr regular(a)ts Nora and Torvald from complete love and marital respect. Relating to the plays name, Torvald treats Nora, and even his children, as his dolls, expecting them to be as he wants. As the play progresses, we contrive the truth of the. The play was set in the late 1800s, so in this time it was customary for the man to be the provider and the woman do what she is told.However, Torvald took it to the next step in believing that Nora and his kids were there for him to dictate in every way. Nora doesnt help the situation as she has become to the full dependent on Torvald, just as she was with her father. Torvald seems to take this to his advantage and uses her for some(prenominal) he wants or needs, right down to whom she is supposed to speak, and what she has to part Torvald. aft(pre nominal) Krogstad confronts Nora about putting in a good word for him, Torvald comes in and begins to question Nora about it, at a point in which they re-sentencing these wordsHELMER Nora, Nora, and you could fall for that? Talk with that sort of person and promise him anything? And thus in bargain, discriminate me an untruth? NORA An untruth? HELMER Didnt you say that no one had been here? (wagging his finger) My little songbird must never do that again. A songbird needs a clean beak to warble with. No false notes. Thats the way it should be, isnt it? Yes, Im sure of it. And so, enough of that. As it can be seen, Torvald puts the hold on Nora that she can only have certain relations, and if he asks of something she must tell him everything.This kind of hold can make any serious affair somewhat tense, or even awkward, which is why their marriage lacks anything beyond blowzy and playful. Torvald refers to Nora with nick names such as squirrel and spendthrift, which are little pet names he has given her that show what place he puts her in. He uses these names when he is having her do something he wants her to do, Nora seems to the likes of these names, and whenever referred to as one, she does little dances and acts to sustainment Torvalds attention.Due to how Noras father was, she is used to this kind of treatment where she is Torvalds doll, and he does with her what he wants. It has made her completely dependent on him and allows him to make every ratiocination for her, from what she and the kids should do, to what costume she is to wear to their party. As the play progresses, we see the realization skeletal frame up more and more in Nora as things with Krogstad and the loan counterfeit become more and more involved. She becomes a little more contrasted form Torvald every time they have a conversation, and his ways male parentt change.At the end, Torvald receives Krogstads letter revealing what all is truly going on, and that Nora sorry her fathe rs signature to get money to save Torvalds life. Krogstad will be using it to his advantage, and Torvald unleashes his anger on Nora, demeaning her and claiming she has practically ruined his life. In the midst of his raid, he lets it all be cognize HELMER Oh, what an awful awakening In all these eight yearsshe who was my preen and joya hypocrite, a liarworse, worsea evil How infinitely disgusting it all is The shameI should have suspect something of the kind. I should have acknowledgen. All your fathers flimsy set have come out in you. No religion, no morals, no sense of dutyOh, how Im punished for letting him slay I did it for your sake, and you repay me like this Torvald continues on, until Krogstad sends another letter to let Torvald know that things have changed and he needs not to worry. At this point, Torvald begins to act like everything is okay and Nora should feel the same, but she has decided to leave. Nora and Torvald sit down and she begins to tell him how she re ally feels.She finally realizes that she is his doll, and not even her own person. She now wants to go out on her own and find her own thoughts and beliefs and become mortal real. In conclusion, they come to see that in their eight years of marriage, there has never been real straightforward love, or any true communication, which at last brought the marriage. Torvald doesnt seem to quite grasp it all, or why the greatest miracle would be their living together in a true marriage. But, by and by all he has put her through, they could never live in true marital bliss, or even with just true feelings towards each other.