The Doll
In the late eighteen hundreds, a Norwegian writer, Henrik Ibsen wrote The Doll's House. He portrayed how women and men treated each other during this time period and how women were treated in general. Ibsen wrote this play about a husband and wife that never really knew each other. When there is no honesty in a marriage, it is not going to work. Ibsen showed that conflict and deception in a relationship leads to a tragic ending. To begin, Nora has a lot of problems in her life at this time. She is expecting a baby, her father is dying, and her husband is very sick. Dr. Rank tells Nora that Torvald must move from the chilling weather of Norway to a warmer climate, like Italy. Otherwise, her husband could die. She does not want to tell Torvald that he is sick, because she does not want to worry him, but Nora has no money to move their family to Italy for a year. This poses another problem for Nora. She cannot get a loan because she is a woman and Torvald won't sign for one because he
disapproves of borrowing money. Nora does not want to ask her father sign a loan because he is dying and she does not want to trouble him. As a result, Nora forges her father's signature to get the money. In conclusion, Nora and Torvald's marriage is ridiculous. Nora kept secrets from Torvald throughout their entire marriage. Torvald controlled Nora's entire life, even what she ate. They don't know each other. The first time they have a serious conversation is when Nora leaves Torvald. Nora should have told Torvald the truth from the beginning, and how she feels about their relationship. Then, they might have been able to work things out, or not have hurt their children. When there is dishonesty and conflicts in a relationship for a long period of time, there can only be a tragic ending. In addition to Torvald's dislike of borrowing money, he is outraged that Nora had forged her father's name. Torvald believes that this will ruin his reputation. He does not think of the trouble that Nora went
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Approximate Word count = 678
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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