Who's To Blame for the Broken Doll House?
When a problem arises in any situation, it is easy to base one's opinion looking at the problem from the outside to the inside, rather than from the inside out. In the case of "A Doll's House," it is not accurate to place the blame in either Torvald's or Nora's hands. Torvald's overbearing, controlling, and insecure nature develop many problems in his and Nora's marriage. Nora's naive, distorted self image make her seemingly unfit to be a responsible mother, disabling her to have a "grown-up" relationship with Torvald. Neither Torvald nor Nora understanding their own self-image makes the marriage seem incapable of success unless it was not real or there was a fake sense of happiness between them. The values of marriage do not seem apparent in either Torvald or Nora's approach to making their marriage "work." Torvald's insecurities become evident in the ways that he converses with Nora. "Scientific experiment! Those are big words for my little
Nora is a victim of overbearing men controlling every aspect of her life. Her views on life form every angle are distorted by her father and her husband. Nora has never spoke out about her views, maybe because she felt as if they were insignificant. In most cases when a family breaks up there is one parent to blame. Torvald's insecurities, overbearing nature, and pride have a huge role in the destruction of his and Nora's marriage. On the other hand, Nora's lack of life and every aspect of it give her no reason to leave her husband and children. So in the case of the broken doll house neither Torvald nor Nora are to blame for the failure of their marriage. It is due to a lack of love and honesty on both of Torvald and Nora's parts. Nora is oblivious to the fact that there are consequences for your actions, and that she is a grown woman not a child. Torvald and Nora entered into marriage promising to love and care for each other as "eq
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Approximate Word count = 644
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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