Nora is the main character in Ibsen’s play. She is forced to view her life in reference to her motherly roles, wifely duties, and as a worker. During the 19th century when the play was written, many people thought of women as mothers and housewives and nothing else. This is a perception that is challenged at the end of the play when Nora abandons her children in pursuit of herself and freedom, a move unheard of during her time. It was almost a taboo for a woman to leave behind her responsibilities to her children and marriage to go and find herself. The purpose of a woman was her duties to the husband and children. But Nora felt that her continued stay at her home gave her the feelings of a doll (Durbach 34).
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To Torvald, Nora is a plaything or his little doll while to her, her husband is the man of the house with immense authority to do anything that he feels like doing. There is nothing extraordinary with this kind of arrangement because that is how the society expects men and women to be treated by their partners. The cultural perspectives of this society opine that it is the man who depicts the role of a woman. Just like Nora, all the female characters must live by the code that they are to sacrifice a lot for the happiness of men. Indeed, from the play, Nora, the maid, and Mrs. Linde play sacrificial roles that the society has dictated them to do ( Cengage Learning Gale …show more content…
She claims to have realized that all along she had been existing to perform tricks for Torvald. She blames the two men for her inability to do something substantial with her life. She asserts, I have been your doll-life, just as at home I was papa’s doll-child.” From this assertion, she confirms that her doll-like status is deeply entrenched in her society. It was not her husband’s creation. Therefore, by abandoning her husband with the children, she is not acting rationally. It is unusual for a mother to choose her individual freedom over the nurturing and caring for her
Although the doll-like treatment …show more content…
To Torvald, Nora is a plaything or his little doll while to her, her husband is the man of the house with immense authority to do anything that he feels like doing. There is nothing extraordinary with this kind of arrangement because that is how the society expects men and women to be treated by their partners. The cultural perspectives of this society opine that it is the man who depicts the role of a woman. Just like Nora, all the female characters must live by the code that they are to sacrifice a lot for the happiness of men. Indeed, from the play, Nora, the maid, and Mrs. Linde play sacrificial roles that the society has dictated them to do ( Cengage Learning Gale …show more content…
She claims to have realized that all along she had been existing to perform tricks for Torvald. She blames the two men for her inability to do something substantial with her life. She asserts, I have been your doll-life, just as at home I was papa’s doll-child.” From this assertion, she confirms that her doll-like status is deeply entrenched in her society. It was not her husband’s creation. Therefore, by abandoning her husband with the children, she is not acting rationally. It is unusual for a mother to choose her individual freedom over the nurturing and caring for her