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Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House Drawing illustrations from Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, write an essay to justify the statement: All her life, Nora has...

      

Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

Drawing illustrations from Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, write an essay to justify the statement: All her
life, Nora has been treated like a doll to be petted and shown off.

  

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Martin
Introduction

It is true that Nora is treated like a doll and is babied by Torvald and her father. She feels that no one thinks of her as being capable of a serious thing. Most of the time, Nora is decorating the Christmas tree and playing with the children, while Helmer handles serious business is in the study.

Illustrations Indeed, all her life, Nora had been treated and like a doll to be petted and shown off. Her husband Torvald treats her like a plaything and even calls her such names as 'my little squirrel', 'my little lark', 'my little spendthrift', 'my little skylark'. When Nora looks unhappy, Torvald gives her money to go and spend. He calls her 'my little spendthrift'. He thinks that all Nora can do is shop, wrap gifts and arrange for the Christmas party. No wonder he asks her to invite Dr Rank as that is all she can do.

Torvald treats Nora like a child and he does not want her to eat sweets. He forbids her to eat macaroons and he enquires if she has eaten them. She has to eat macaroons in hiding. He regards her Christmas gifts as 'her little secrets'. When they go to the Tarantella, TOIVa1d wants Nora to be dressed in a pretty dress so that peoplecan admire her, He asks Mrs Linde if she thinks
Nora looks pretty. He teaches Nora how to dance so that she can dance well at the Tarantella. Nora says that before she came to live with Helmer, she had lived with her father, she was his doll-child and he played with her like she did with her dolls and Torvald treats her in the same manner.
When Nora goes shopping, she buys her daughter a simple doll. This may signify the fact chat she believes her daughter may live like her. Torvald even asks Mrs Linde to help Nora mend her dress. He also asks Nora to try on the dress that she will wear for the dance. He tells her that she needs to do a lot of practice. He makes her feel incapable of doing anything on her own.

Conclusion

Helmer treats Nora like a doll. He treats her like a creature that is under its owner's care. Even she calls herself 'little lark'

marto answered the question on August 27, 2019 at 07:36


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