Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House is one of the world's best known modern plays. In A Doll's House Henrik tells the story of a young woman named Nora Helmner, a woman who is way ahead of her time. In order to protect her children and her family, she must inflict confusion and pain upon herself while keeping a secret that will begin to eat her alive. Nora not only realizes that she lying to herself but also the ones she cares about most. She has a decision to make but which one is the right one. Should she tell or should she keep this secret to herself.
This is where the inner conflict in Nora turns up.
Nora is a young woman who is married to an older bank manager named Torvald Helmner. In the early years of their marriage just after their first child her husband becomes ill. Doctors told Nora that Torvald would not live unless she was to take him out of the country as soon as possible. Nora, confused and unsure of how she would come up with the money, decides to take it upon herself to borrow two hundred and fifty pounds from a money lender named Nils Krogstad. She knew that this decision might have been the wrong one but she also knew that without the money there would be no way for her to get To
At that very moment Nora realizes that Torvald wasn't worried about her being saved, he was worried about himself. It was always about him. She was heartbroken but at the same time relieved. She had a decision to make. She could stay and live a miserable life with Torvald and not be the mother that she wished she could be to her children or she could just turn and walk away from it all. Nora knows what she wants out of her life so she tells Torvald that she wants to leave and that she cannot be the wife or mother that he wants her to be. She explains to him that she doesn't know who she really is and that she needs to be true to herself before she can be true to anyone else. She loved her children as much as any other mother loves her children but she knew that it wasn't fair to them for she could do it better. She leaves and chooses to not look back.
When we see that the model for Nora was an intelligent and ambitious woman everything falls into place. There is no need to wonder about her sudden revelations. Nora is a very wise even though in some ways she is still a child. For example to distract Torvald from opening the letter she performed a dance at the ball and practiced for many hours before so that she could keep him occupied with her. She explains to Torvald that she feels like a doll trapped in a doll's house. She knows by leaving the heavy burden she has carried would be lifted and she is free. She would finally be her own person.
thing as to dishonor their husbands as well as their families. Nora now carried the secret that would stay only hers for a few years. She never thought all that m
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