Self-Realization In A Doll's House

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In Ibsens play, A Doll's House, Nora and Torvald each have their own moments of awareness or self-realization. Their epiphany results in a disasterous ending that is usually thought to be nontraditional and traumtic to some. Torvald and Nora's relationship throughout the play is strange and is shown as a child-father relationship. Torvald gave Nora demeaning nicknames such as "my little skylark" or "my little squirrel", and although Nora's actions proved that she wasn't a child, as she knew how business worked and had taken out a loan behind Torvald's back, she encouraged his unspoken fantasy by using the names herself. For example, in act two, Nora says "Your squirrel would run about and do all her tricks if you were to be ncie and do what she wants." "I would play the fairy and dance for you in the moonlight, Torvald." This proves that Nora doesn't mind being treated as a pet rather than a human, almost as if it were a small price to pay to be in Torvald's home. …show more content…

When Nora was being blackmailed and threatened, she convinced herself that if Torvald were to find out, he would take the blame himself and handle Krogstad. When Torvald found out, he blamed Nora and punished her, saying she wasn't to be around the children, saying she was the murderer of his happiness, she was a liar and was corrupt. Torvald cared more about his social status and apperance than Nora and her well being, which is what caused Nora to realize that she doesn't know the man that she married at all, and she had to find herself without a male pressing his beliefs onto her. Nora realized that she never understood herself or

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