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Essay / Roles of the characters in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
Reading “A Doll's House” by Henrik Ibsen proves that the writer attaches importance to the characters and the roles they play in the stories. The main characters in this story are more pretending to be someone other than the reader who would prefer them instead of being themselves. The only person whose character stood out throughout the story and whose role could not do more justice than what is said in the story to show where she seems to lead two different lives is none other than Nora. According to her husband Torvald, Nora is childish even though she is his wife but yet she is unloving so that he is aware that she is unpredictably a strong and independent woman. As the play progresses, readers will realize that Nora's character changes from that of a cheerful, everyday trophy wife seen by Torvald and his friends to a very self-sufficient and strong-willed woman. The very first impression of Nora to her readers would be that of a responsible and obedient woman. , loving money and a very childish wife. In the first act of the play, the audience would realize that all Nora wants is money from her husband Torvald. An act was described when the two characters finally meet in the play and there was a time when Nora was showing what she had given her children for Christmas and when asked what she wanted for Christmas, all that which she replied was money. It was hard to shake the way Torvald specifically addressed Nora, as if she were a little girl or even his pet. “My little lark must not lower its wings like that. What? Is my squirrel sulking? (Ibsen 842). He looks like he's talking to a little child. And he says that as he gives her money, which makes their interaction seem almost like an adult grandparent giving money to... middle of paper... These are aspects of society and its conventional values that she might disagree with and perhaps be wrong. Torvald then offers to teach her and she rejects him because she is aware that she must educate herself or at least distance herself from him. She also points out that they never talked about serious things, which could be why she thinks it's wrong for him to teach her; as well as the fact that he has despised her since they met. Personally, at the end of the story, I strongly felt that Nora revealed herself more as a strong-willed and independent woman who knew she wanted her own. life. Nora was not only Ibsen's example of showing the strong character of women, but she actually did justice while showing that women are as equal as any other human being. Nora also strongly emphasized that laws should be equal according to this era..