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Her first act on stage is her paying the delivery body. Though his service only costs p. Though an additional p. She hands him the hundred and before he can thank her, she decides in the middle of the transaction that she is not patient enough to wait for change. The fact that this seemingly mundane occurrence is presented as the first action on stage showcases the reckless attitude implied. Fiscal irresponsibility is a prominent factor in the advancement of the plot.
Another aspect of the crime, which was not elaborated on so much, is that even if the documents were not forged, Nora did not have any means to repay the loan anyway. Nora could be excused for trusting Krogstad not to blackmail her, but not recognizing that the loan would have to be repaid is inexcusable. Though at one point we are led to believe that whenever Nora would pry money away from Torvald, she would reserve half of it to repay the debt, when Krogstad confronts her, she confesses that she is not, in fact, in possession of the remaining balance.
An important aspect of a dream world is the suspension of cause and effect. One example of her disregard for others is when she blames Mrs. Linde 1 for smuggling forbidden macaroons into the house.
Though she is just trying to hide her indiscretions, she does not care whom she hurts in the process. Another aspect of the dream world is the acquisition of material possessions; Nora is always trying to make herself happy by buying things: dresses, toys, candy etc. She has never spent serious time with her husband of nearly a decade, and is always dumping her children on the nurse rather than bonding with them herself.
This practice may have been common at the time the play was written, but Ibsen is clearly not ashamed of bold social criticism Chandler Though she is infatuated with the acquisition of possessions, she herself is a possession of Torvald.
When Torvald enters the scene, Nora's childlike behavior becomes more patent. Torvald calls her pet names "little lark", "little squirrel", and "Little Miss Extravagant". Nora is being treated like a cute little girl and she happily accepts the epithets.
Torvald finds himself having to restrain Nora with rules, much as a father would have to inhibit a child, forbidding her from pursuing candy and other temporal pleasures.
The maturity level Nora exhibits demonstrates that the relationship between Torvald and Nora is more like father and daughter than husband and wife. Ford She whines at Torvald 3 , exhibits poor judgment 4 , does not care about the consequences of her actions 5 , and immaturely shuts her ears to unpleasant thoughts, placing her hand on her mouth and exclaiming, "Oh!
Don't say such things! The father-daughter relationship is referred to later when Nora confronts Torvald in the final act. She makes this connection that life with her father was like life with Torvald. According to Nora, Torvald was guilty of the same things. In addition to his insistence on her wearing the fish girl costume is his frustration over her inability to grasp the tarantella.
The costume and dance are part of Torvald's fantasy of gazing upon Nora from across the room at a party and pretending that she is something exotic. Torvald made Nora take on a foreign identity; Torvald used her as a doll.
On the subject of the costume party, Dr. Rank suggested that Nora go as herself and that he be invisible. Under the surface, Rank is suggesting that Nora should not be a doll.
With an invisible chaperon, Nora would not be dominated by a figure placing an identity over her. Rank because he does not have any expectations or demands of her. At the end of the play, the doll symbolism becomes very powerful. Nora imagines that Torvald will two dimensionally remain morally upright and, on principle, defend Nora's honor and not allow Krogstad to blackmail the Helmers.
Nora imagines that Torvald would sacrifice his own reputation and future to save her, but Torvald tells her that he would not make the sacrifice, shattering Nora's dream world.
This realization forces Nora into the real world and she ceases to be a doll. She did not understand that though Torvald loved her, he loved her as a thing - a status symbol Lord Nora serves as a wife and mother, but not as an equal to Torvald.
Torvald planned to cope with the scandal resulting from blackmail by stripping Nora of her spousal and motherly duties, but would keep her in the house for appearance sake. If Nora, with her reputation tainted as a criminal, would poison the minds of the Helmer children, she would be useless as a mother to them Metzger.
The next thing Nora does is change out of her fancy dress. Torvald bought this dress for Nora to wear at a costume party because he wanted her to appear as a "Neapolitan fish girl". As one would put clothes on a doll, Torvald dresses Nora. When she sheds this dress, she is shedding a trapping of her doll-like existence Cummings. In the past, Nora was always a passive child-like possession who followed Torvald's orders, but now she is an independent adult and is able to dominate Torvald, who is used to playing with dolls.
In comparison with the "real" Nora, Torvald is the doll. Nora seats Torvald at the table and explains her situation to him.
She does not let him speak until she has finished what she wants to say. At the table, Torvald is still wearing the clothes he wore to the fancy dress party.
Like the fish girl outfit, these clothes are artificial; they are a costume and at the table, Torvald is put in a role where the costume is not appropriate and his "dollness" becomes apparent.
He is like a G. Joe action figure at a little girl's tea party and he cannot cope with the situation. The incongruity of his outfit with the setting reveals that Torvald is false. He then realizes that what he thought was Nora was not, that his world was a sham, and that he is nothing more than a doll in a pretend world.
Linde took responsibility for her sick parent, whereas Nora abandoned her father when he was ill. Rank stands out as the one character in the play who is by and large unconcerned with what others think of him. He is also notable for his stoic acceptance of his fate. Unlike Torvald and Nora, Dr. Rank admits to the diseased nature literally, in his case of his life. In her brief interaction with her children, Nora shows herself to be a loving mother. Thus, she shares with Nora and Mrs.
Linde the act of sacrificing her own happiness out of economic necessity. Though she clearly loves and admires her father, Nora also comes to blame him for contributing to her subservient position in life. Ace your assignments with our guide to A Doll's House!
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