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How Does Henrik Ibsen Use Symbols In A Doll's House

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In the play A Doll House, Henrik Ibsen uses symbols, motifs, and the setting to portray Nora’s subservience towards Torvald and Trovald’s patronizing attitude towards Nora.
Ibsen utilities a motif of name-calling to display Torvald and Nora’s relationship. Torvald is frequently name-calling his wife using animal names. In fact, the very first sentence Torvald proclaims in the play is, “Is that my little lark twittering around there” to emphasize his authority over his wife (1667). He also calls her his squirrel, songbird, and little goose to highlight the control he has over his “pet.” However, even though he calls her these rude names, her response to these names consist of joy and obliviousness. She responds to her husband’s using the exact

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