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article discusses multiple criticisms of A Doll House theme and one of its’ main characters, Nora

The door of A Doll’s House is closed at last. This is a symbol for the end of the way society thinks about women back in the Victorian era around the 19th century. At the time Henrik Ibsen wrote the play A Doll’s House in Norway, it was normal for society to look down upon such women that would leave their children and husbands behind. Men had a higher status than women at that time. The title “Doll’s House” ties well with the play because it illustrates how in the past, society treated women as dolls. The title of the play demonstrates an allegory for women’s roles because it

Reaching out a wobbly hand, Alma’s hand connected with the dolls, and just like that Alma's body had vanished. Alma was trapped in a void, deserted from the real world. Everything around her was racing until it all came to an abrupt stop. As Alma subsided back to reality, everything was identical except for one crucial change, reposed in the doll’s body was Alma! As she looked around, Alma felt hundreds of tiny eyes fixed upon her. Shocked, Alma sat motionless, not knowing of what to do. As Alma pondered, a stand had gradually risen and atop of it sat a still, anticipating doll girl awaiting her

She quickly walks down the hall amazed at the artistry of relics coming to a factory sized elevator. She hops in looking at a single button on a wide panel.

CORA (19) is a moody, lonely young woman, who has been emotionally neglected by her parents. She lacks self-confidence and the support of her parents. When her brother, a troubled soldier comes home, Cora is sent to Australia, to live with her aunt, MARGOT (40’s), who is still grieving over the drowning death of her husband Caleb.

The young girl was sitting in her room, brushing her favorite doll’s hair while humming a sweet melodic tune. Her doll was made of brown fabric with pieces of yellow yarn tightly stitched to the doll’s head. It had black button eyes and a pink sundress on. This doll was Haddi’s most prized possession. Haddi’s doll was given to her by her mother when she was a baby, right before her mother had passed away.

“The barefoot peasant girl ran over. ‘Mona,’ she said, and reached up to touch the doll .Esperanza quickly jerked it away and put it back in her valise, covering it with the old clothes.”p.69.

As Anna is watching her sister and her friends, she steams up a crazy idea that she is going to the party too. The time comes for all the girls to leave, so they all hop in the car and head to the party. What they do not know is little Anna secretly followed them on her bike. Anna, pedaling as fast as she can, she finally arrives at the party. She begins to walk around, and she is mesmerized. Everyone is dancing and having the time of their life. While keeping an eye out for her older sister Alice, she gets a little thirsty. She grabbed a drink off of a table and realized it tasted a little funny, but that didn’t bother Anna. As she’s walking around looking at everyone she starts to feel a little light-headed, and she passes out under a tree. When she wakes up, she sees that everything was different, even her. She was a big girl now, just like she wanted. She takes off walking home, as she sees many homeless people on the streets she gets confused. Anna walks past a store and sees a calendar, it’s the year 1932, twenty years later. Anna arrives home feeling very disarranged. She sees that her family is now poor, and

She pulls her scarlet coat closer wintry wind pushes by. Her delicate features scrunch up in discomfort as the bitter air pricks skin. Maria squints her radiant, jade eyes at the multitudinous papers posted on the wall and sees the multiple reports of missing people. As she warily strolls further down, she notices a large chalkboard covered with an innumerable amount of names. There is space beside the name Alma, and Maria furrows her eyebrows in confusion while searching for a writing tool. Her fingers desperately dig into the snow and uncover a small piece of white chalk. She scribbles her name down, and as she turns around her eyes find a doll that looks identical to her resting within the shop. Her emerald-colored eyes widen like saucers as she inspects the doll. The urge to go to the doll burns bright inside her, as if she is a moth to the flame. She looks at the oddly shaped door, her stomach churning in suspicion. The door is jammed and she gives it one final push with her shoulder, turning around in disappointment. The door opens to reveal her look alike, within her reach! Maria darts towards the doll, but not before nearly tripping over a moving object. Her breathing grows ragged as the doll heads over to the door, its entryway shutting. Her eyes slowly move back to the center table, where the doll no longer stands. Maria's green orbs finally rest on the doll. While debating whether

Henry and Colleen arrive to the address of Ava Badeaux , it was a little shop off Bourbon Street in the city. The outside was a old red brick two story building with bars around the long rectangular windows . They opened the dark green door walking in. The smell inside was of mold and a smokey fruit scent . Voodoo dolls hung from the ceiling , jars of spices and potions on the stained wood shelves covered in spider webs. A altar to there right by the entrance with a sign saying “ do not touch or you shall receive bad luck.” The altar was full of change , dolls and other gifts placed by strangers in hopes of no bad luck in there life. Every step they took , a creak noise appeared step by step . “ May I help you?” They jumped from a female voice

“What! There’s no reason to be yelling when I’m right behind you. Jane, tell me again why we’re digging through all this garbage. This useless junk can be thrown away, you know that right?” argued Jack as he tries to find a way over all the boxes filled with articles and random items. As he made his way through the boxes, he finds a weird looking object. It was a little doll laying on the floor. The black eyes and black hair made jack feel odd.

The dolls of the narrator are chosen to represent her childhood because dolls are a children’s toy and commonly associated with small girls. The fact that these dolls are being put away “like dead children in a chest” show that the narrator is being forced to face reality, as the dolls become children, and that this reality that she is facing has caused the death of her childhood, or the loss of her child innocence. This is further reinforced by the fact that she will “carry this chest with her until she marries”. As the poem progresses the narrator speaks of the “little trickle of blood” that the narrator physically experiences as a women that show she really is going through this loss of her childhood and that she is becoming a women. This shows her full maturity into a woman by the end of the poem when her “she is waiting for each hour to release

When the door slams at the end of “A Doll’s House” by Henry Ibsen, No one would not believe the woman walking out of her house is the same one who appeared at the beginning of the play. The main character in this play is Nora. Nora goes through a complete transformation, changing from a child like and dependant woman to a self strong woman pushing to become independent. Ibsen portrays the roles of society in the Victorian times in this play. Throughout her whole life, Nora’s husband and father have always controlled her; she has never been able to be independent, and the treatment she receives is not equal to the males around her, and the people around her belittle and patronize her to no end. Finally it goes too far and Nora realizes

A Doll’s House, by Henrik Ibsen, creates a peephole into the lives of a family in the Victorian Era. The play portrays a female viewpoint in a male-dominated society. The values of the society are described using the actions of a woman, Nora, who rebels against the injustices inflicted upon her gender. Women’s equality with men was not recognized by society in the late 1800’s. Rather, a woman was considered a doll, a child, and a servant. Nora’s alienation reveals society’s assumptions and values about gender.

“I’ve been your doll-wife here, just as at home I was Papa’a doll-child” (Ibsen 1491). Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll House tells a story of scandal and deceit set in the Victorian era. Nora Helmer is married to Torvald Helmer and she feels more like his toy than his wife. Nora had to have Torvald to be able to do anything, because of when she lived. Nora borrows money behind her husband’s back (which is illegal at this time) and tries to cover up everything she has done. Ibsen employs the use of many themes and symbols in his A Doll House to show the reader just how Nora was a doll-child who evolved into a doll-wife.