Nora And Torvald

Nora’s character development and maturity begins after Nora has been confronted by Krogstad and Torvald for being a “lying mother.” In

She points out to Torvald that their marriage was a clear failure when she questions Torvald, “How could you ever teach me to be a proper wife? Your wife?” (Ibsen 82). To this question Torvald is unable to provide a reasonable answer hence proving Nora’s point about the failure of their marriage. Further, the sudden change in Nora’s behavior during the second half of the play is significant as it symbolizes her clear intent to depart from the house in search of her inner-self.

When Black people tell other Black people that they are talking white, it has nothing to do with the education level of the person being accused of talking white. This myth get constantly perpetuated. They are simply talking about that person phonology and lack of respect for AAVE.

In its most basic definition, biblical hermeneutics refers to the art and science of biblical interpretation. It is considered an art because understanding, which is required for interpretation, requires a feel for the subject matter being interpreted, not just an analyzation of data. Biblical hermeneutics is also considered a science due to the fact that some aspects of the interpretation process resemble the activities of natural science. Because of this dual nature of hermeneutics, it is almost impossible for an interpreter to arrive at a neutral conclusion. Good or bad, most biblical interpreters translate scripture based upon

In order to compose this assignment, I visited the University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum (CAM). The USF Contemporary Art Museum is a compact museum on campus located near the Dance buildings and the Theatres. The museum opened its establishment in 1989 and has offered a wide range of art from around the world including the United States, Africa, Europe, and Latin America (usfcam.usf.edu). In order to keep students engaged in the art, the museum changes its exhibits a couple times a year. Currently, the exhibition on display is entitled Extracted and incorporates “the extraction and circulation of natural resources around the globe” (Megan Voeller). Despite the museum being not large in size, I was able to attain a sense of nature through photographs, sculptures, video messages, and banners produced from artists including Otobang Nkanga, Marina Zurkow, Claire Pentecost, Mary Mattingly and Daniel Shiffman. The social angle most strongly related to the exhibit on display at this time is nature and culture. Extracted was motivated by relationships between humans and the environment referring to “complex technical processes behind oil drilling and mining or industrial agriculture” (Megan Voeller). Most of the artists focus their work on nature including the environment, ecosystems, and life itself.

She realizes she is more than just a doll. By the end of the play, Nora realizes her worth is valuable. Men shouldn’t want to be with a doll as a partner, but with someone

Nora’s second rebellion was when she left Torvald and her children. The society she lived in demanded that she should submit to her husband and that she should take a place under him. Society considered women to be property of their husbands and that they should fulfil their every command. When Krogstad tries to blackmail Nora, and Torvald didn’t even support her she realized that there was a problem. Then finally when Torvald realizes that his social stature will not be harmed he displays his real feeling for Nora, both physically and emotionally. It is at this time when Nora decides that she doesn’t want to be controlled by Torvald anymore and she told him that she was going to leave him. By leaving Torvald she is not only shutting him out but also forgetting everything in her past. When Torvald tries to reconcile with her she explains that all her life she was treated like a child. And how she was "always merry, never happy", she never got to make any decisions on her own. Then she explains to him how she

Nora's second, and strongest, break from society's rules was shown by her decision to leave Torvald and her children.  Society demanded that she take a place under her husband.  This is shown in the way Torvald spoke down to her saying things like "worries that you couldn't possibly help me with" (Ibsen Page #), and "Nora, Nora, just like a woman" (Ibsen page #).  She is almost considered to be property of his: "Mayn't I look at my dearest treasure?  At all the beauty that belongs to no one but me - that's all my very own" (Ibsen page #)?  By walking out she takes a position equal to her husband and destroys the very foundation of society's expectations of a wife and mother.  Nora also breaks society's expectations of staying in a marriage since divorce was frowned upon during that era.  Her decision represented a break from all expectations placed upon a woman by society. Throughout the play Nora is looked down upon and treated as a possession by her husband. She is

Nora's character is viewed as a young girl who doesn't have a care in the world. she demonstrates that she is not absolutely ignorant that and that her life is inconsistent with her actual identity. For example she challenges her spouse, Torvald, in little yet important courses by eating macaroons and afterwards deceiving him about it. She swears, only for the joy she gets from the minor defiance to social orders principles. Nora appears to be totally cheerful. She reacts warmly to Torvald's teasing, talks with energy about the additional cash his new employment will give them, and takes joy in the time she spends with her kids and companions. She doesn't appear to notice her doll-like presence, in which she is indulged, spoiled, and belittled.

Although Nora acts childish, she is aware of her situation and understands that she has to act this way in order to get what she wants. She understands that she is a doll in Torvald’s eyes and plays the part while he is around. That is the safest thing for her to do. In a doll toy house, the owner talks to the doll. He may narrate a story or tell the doll what to do, but the doll is just there to look pretty and for the enjoyment of the owner.

The expectation was that women would take care of their kids and husbands by making food and doing laundry. Also, it was expected of them to take care of the house. They was pretty much expected to be the caretaker of the family. This quote refers to some of these same expectations of Nora, such as playing with the children and cleaning the house. She contradicts all of these by leaving her family and going to take on life on her own. At the time it was not normal for a female to be independent. Some stereotypes for females included them being, weak, passive, emotional, and dependent, so females weren’t seen as living on their own. They were seen as depending on someone else, and in Nora’s case she depended on Torvald. Then she left which contradicted the stereotypes and expectations of

Here, Nora pulls together the tragic circumstances. She sees that she was never truly happy in the house, just content. Her father kept her as a child would a doll, and Torvald continued this when they were married. They formed her opinions for her, set expectations to which she was supposed to adhere, and wrote a vague script of how she was supposed to act. She was like a puppet, with no thoughts or actions of her own. When she finally realizes the injustice being done to her, she decides to free herself.

Nora starts off the play essentially as Torvalds toy. She is obedient, she is cute, she rarely goes against his wishes, and she is nothing without her “owner”, Torvald. The reader, however, discovers early on that all is not what it seems to be. Nora is actually a very rebellious woman who enjoys going against Torvald’s wishes. There are scenarios where she does this out of the sheer enjoyment she gets. Nora loves macaroons.

She was a doll on a shelf and was only “played with” whenever her husband felt she was worthy of his attention. Nora tried to put up a front and keep up the “picture perfect family” so that everyone, including herself, would not see the truth and the unhappiness that she felt inside. Torvald dehumanized her by referring to her as his “little Nora”, a squirrel, a skylark, a spendthrift, a child, etc. and does not acknowledge the fact that she is a grown woman who a born him three children and is very capable of living and thinking for herself as an individual. He expected her to look and act the way he wanted and also to be at his beckon call sexually, physically, and emotionally. He limited the number of macaroons she could eat and also made a comment about her duty to please him romantically.

Nora gets blackmailed for forging a signature, and for this she gets disowned by her husband. But, when her husband finds that the blackmail will be dropped, and will no longer affect their lives, he tells Nora that everything is okay and they both can presume living like normal. This opens Nora’s eyes fully for the first time, before she had only glimpses of the wrongness in her identity, but now she knew. Nora had been living a false identity, she had been a ‘toy doll’, and at the end of the play she decides to want so much more than to be what others thought she should be. In the end of Act three, Nora states ”I must think things out for myself and try to get clear about them” (Ibsen 199). Nora is now going to decided who she is and what she really believes, she is going to discover her own identity. In an article on women working in World War II, it states, “While patriotism did influence women, ultimately it was the economic incentives that convinced them to work. Once at work, they discovered the nonmaterial benefits of working like... contributing to the public good, and proving themselves in jobs once thought of as only men’s work” (“Rosie Riveter: Women”). Women before World War II were thought of as simply housewifes for the most part, similar to Nora. The circumstances of World War II brought about need for women in the workplace, this started a domino effect of women taking up an identity similar to males the sense that they could now