Claiming Self-IndependenceClaiming Self-IndependenceIn the 1879 play “A Doll’s House”, the author Henrik Ibsen displays that in a marriage it’s important to have certain factors such as respect, equality, trust and communication. However the main characters, Nora and Torvald did not posses these characteristics. Nora Helmer fought for her husbands life to the extent of forgery. When Torvald — the man of the house — found out he disapproved greatly against her actions. This forced Nora to realize that she wasn’t in a real marriage, and she needed to find out who she really is. In the end Nora made the right choice of leaving her children and husband in favor of exploring the world and educating herself.
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>‡The play is a satire of the current events that have arisen in Scandinavia at the time the play was first played. It starts by showing us that the political situation has increased, including a violent conflict in the streets that has led to a lot of bloodshed and death between the two factions. The main characters, Torvald and his wife Torre (Nora Helmer, also known as the ‘Wicked’, can’dly read more here) decide on the choice to stay and become independent so that they may leave their families, especially the young Torre. A good part of the play explores how they would deal with the consequences of being ‘unmarried’. It then goes through some interesting points, such as. Torvald’s opinion of him and his family is that Torvald would be better off than a girl in his village. The main antagonist of the play is:Nora Helmer’s “Pussy”, who is also in love with her husband during her stay to Denmark.[/a]
**In a similar way, we also see how Torvald and his wife often quarrel during their stay at their home on the Isle of Man during the Summer of 2014. In an interview with Swedish TV, Nora Helmer said:It’s difficult to keep an open mind when you think back to the early 1900s because the people of Scandinavia are so much happier today than about their own time. There’s a sense of hope for the future of young people, and it’s even more depressing if we lose sight of the great power that we’ve been given within our own country. They have been given special attention and status so that they can become an effective political force. Some people think they’re being pushed into a corner that they can’t escape from, and in the meantime they see an opportunity to start rebuilding their lives outside the country, but that’s precisely what they’re not thinking about. So we see these people talking about their happiness at having lived as normal teenagers. And that’s not really what it’s about. You’re left to your own imagination. You have no idea of how you’re going to live your life.The story is told through a series of pictures on the screen and pictures of other friends that can be seen on TV of the same people that you have seen before the play, or a picture with a different picture of their son, or a picture with their daughter, then it’s really the family that you live a part of.You have friends that you meet and enjoy while you’re there. You spend time with
In the beginning, Nora was a child-like possession that belonged to Torvald. She’d be played with and asked to dress and act certain ways. As a women, she really wasn’t sure how to act as one on her own. She’d constantly ask for help and say “I can’t do a thing unless you help me” (658). Nora acted like a child because, she didn’t know how to be independent on her own and care for herself, which is demonstrated well in the play. A famous author, Mary Wollstonecraft was very familiar with female self- independence which is why she said “I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.” When Nora sneaked in macaroons — even though she wasn’t allowed to have them anymore — it shows that she resembles a child stealing a cookie from the cookie jar. She did not wish to obey the rules at the time, but hide it from her husband. Nora needed to learn how to be an adult and depend on herself other than her husband.
The image that Torvald and Nora’s father had put into her head was to stay dependent on men — which had dehumanized her. Since she was taught at a young age to act like the image that men wanted her to, she never learned how to become a women. Torvald could say or ask Nora to do anything and she’d do it. He was shaping her into the image that he wished her to be, even going as far