Character Analysis of Nora Helmer

A detailed Summary of Character Analysis of Nora Helmer

The central and most significant character in Henrik Ibsen's

A Doll's House, is Nora Helmer. This plays theme mainly focuses on Nora's feelings and actions. Through particular events that occur in the play, Nora becomes confused about the purpose of her role in life. As the play progresses, her character goes through a revelation, in which she discovers what life means to her. In Nora's character analysis, I will describe her environment, and the affects of it on her character, self-image, and relationship with the other characters. I will also include her objectives and the obstacles she endures to achieve them.

Nora's environment throughout the play can be compared to a

"doll's house". A doll is make-believe; her life is like a fantasy one can only imagine to live in. The portrayal of Nora's life, as seen by others is similar to a doll, perfect and flawless. Yet Nora's life is confined to her little dollhouse. Her role as a woman, wife and mother shelter her from the boundless outside world. Because of her restricted environment, later her relationship with her husband changes also affecting her relationship with her children.

When Nora's old friend Mrs. Linde came to v

While her conflicts between Torvald and Krogstad are growing for the worse, her friendship with Mrs. Linde is growing for the better. Mrs. Linde becomes Nora's confidante. Mrs. Linde tries to help her with her problem by being there for her; Doing little odds and ends in order to try and keep things away from Torvald. Eventually though, when Nora makes one last plea for Krogstad, Torvald gets fed up and sends his dismissal letter. After this point in the play, Nora's perspectives begin to change. Nora realizes that her whole entire life was lived for others, not herself. She began to see herself as a doll, acting out what other wanted her to do, not what she wanted to do.

At this point in the play, many changes have taken place between the relationships Nora has with other characters. With her husband, she is in constant fear. She no longer sings happily as his pretty little "skylark". After Torvald expresses to her how terrible he feels that acts of forgery and deceit are, Nora is extremely frightened. She tries even harder to do anything possible to keep her secrets hidden. She begins to see herself as a poisonous animal, therefore distancing her relationship with her children, in fear that she might infect them. She shows that she is determined, she has the strength and will to do it, in order to keep her family together.

isit, the two catch up on each other's lives. This is a turning point for Nora's self-image. As she speaks to Mrs. Linde, she sees herself in a different perspective. She realizes that she deserves more than what she is taken for by

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Approximate Word count = 1068
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English