Symbolism in Nora’s Pet Names The relationship between Torvald and Nora is not like normal husband and wife. In Torvald's family, Torvald is taking all the control of the family, and Nora is treated as his sweet daughter but not his wife. Torvald is always using those pet names to express his love on the surface but belittling Nora in reality. To begin, the very first line Helmer says is "Is that my little lark twittering out there?" (Ibsen 1). Larks are always inconspicuous on the ground, but they are easy to be recognized when in its distinctive song flight (Larks). Same as lark, Nora likes singing as well. In this part of content, Torvald recognized Nora was outside of his study room since Nora was chirping out of his room. On top of that,
