Does Torvald Have Any Redeeming Qualities?

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1. Discuss the following external conflicts of Nora?
Nora verses society

Throughout the play we never get to know who the real Nora is and what her true personality consists of. Nora also realizes that she does not know who she is, and decides to leave her life. She comments that she needs to discover who she is separate from her husband, children and more importantly society. Nora feels she is not respected, and she is a “doll” to her husband.

2. Discuss the internal conflicts that Nora is dealing with throughout the play.

Nora has a hard time finding who she really is deep down. She is a mother and wife but, deals with her husband’s verbal abuse on a daily basis. Nora struggles with the need to be a useful individual as she desires to be wanted and respected. She feels like she lives her life day by day trying to please everyone. Then she has to deal with Krogstead bullying her while her life is in jeopardy when her intentions were to help her family …show more content…

Nora deserts her family and walks out the door into a life of hardship, whereas Christine unites with Krogstad to form a new, hopefully happy home. By the end of the play, Nora is on the road to becoming the wise woman of the world that Christine already is.

4. Does Torvald have any redeeming qualities? Be specific. When Nora decided to leave her marriage behind this ended up being a turning point in Torvald’s attitude to Nora. While at first he was convinced that she would not really go calling her actions insane and childish, he is now taking what she says seriously and even offering to change for her. This shows that there is a part of Torvald that does perhaps truly love Nora. Although Torvald doesn’t want her to go, the fact that he agrees to give her his ring and not argue with her shows that he finally respects her wishes and ability to make decisions for herself.

5. What is the significance of the title, “A Doll’s

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