Problems in Marriage in Henrik Ibsen´s A Doll´s House Essay

It was I who procured the money" (21). Taking a deeper look at this evidence it could be stated that Nora is not doing her role in society which was not to lie neither to borrow money without the concern of her husband. But looking through the lense of analyzing the actions that Nora did, can’t be consider as total madness. Nora had reasons of doing this, as to help her husband out. To have a better understanding of this evidence there is another piece which will clarify everything, "there is no need you should.

Torvald says “That’s just like a woman! But seriously, Nora, you know how I feel about that. No debt, no borrowing. There can’t be any freedom or beauty in a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. We two have managed to stay on the straight road so far, and we’ll go on the same way for the short time that we still have to be careful.” Nora responds saying “As you wish, Torvald.” When saying this Nora is very upset and pouting because she feels disrespected in the way Torvald was talking to her and believes that she is right and Torvald is wrong. She thinks the debt shouldn’t be something of their worries because he will be earning a large salary at his new job that could pay off the loan very quickly. But, because she doesn’t want to go against her husband she agrees and says what she says to avoid conflict. Torvald feels bad and because of it gives her money to spend on Christmas gifts. Then after giving her the money he tells her that she is very wasteful with her money and that same trait runs throughout her family. He basically just disrespected Nora and her father to her face and she sat there and just quietly smiled and said “Ah I wish to inherit a lot of Papa’s traits.” She is agreeing with him that she is very wasteful with her money and that she doesn’t care, instead of standing up for herself and telling him that she spends money on things that she feels are a necessity to her. Throughout the rest of this act Nora never gains the

Throughout A Doll’s House, Torvald views Nora’s actions as being deceiving not only towards him but also towards her family. However, Nora gain her perspective on her own actions and begins observing it differently than Torvald’s. The play states, “ It was me they told that his life was in danger...well, well, I thought, you’ve got to be saved somehow. And then I thought of a way-,” (Ibsen 35-36). Within Nora’s and Mrs. Linde’s private conversation, Nora conveys that her manipulation of money revealed how she deceives her husband even though it was in good intent to save his life. In addition, this demonstrates Nora’s willingness to think about others, such as her husband, before realizing for herself that there were going to be consequences for her later on. Within the play, Nora states, “ You have never understood me. A

When the character Helmer states, “My little song bird must never do that again. A songbird must have a clean beak to chirp with—no false notes. (Act 1, Line 435)”, he is basically saying that Nora must not lie again because that is what will ruin her marriage. Eventually Krogstad did not want to blackmail them anymore, the things that Torvald said to Nora just did not sit well with her. That entire act shows that because she hid that lie, her marriage was ruined. When Nora states “How painful and humiliating it would be for Torvald to know that he owed me anything! It would upset our mutual regulations altogether.” (Act 1, Line 197), that shows how much the disbelief of the lies would hurt their marriage, and it did just that. Instead of the truth fixing things it made it worse causing Nora to leave with the slam shut of the door. That door also represented the stop to their marriage. The hurtful and loud statement that she made only by shutting the door. However before Nora makes her dramatic exit from the family’s home, she says “Our home has been nothing but a playroom. I have been your doll wife. (Act 3, Line 286)”, which gives meaning to the title of the play. She is expressing that she feels as if she has been nothing but a doll to her husband, which now a day means a trophy wife. Torvald control her every move and spoke to her with nothing but dominance in her voice. Yet, she made one mistake, which was

Firstly, Nora and Torvald have different opinions regarding money: he upholds that borrowing is never an alternative to financial problems, but acknowledges that Nora does not follow this rule. Torvald believes she cannot help her tendency of over-spending, describing it as a hereditary condition: "It is in the blood; for indeed it is true that you can inherit these things, Nora." (p 9). She has been content to maintain her secret of borrowing money from Krogstad without her husband’s consent. This allows her husband to think of her as a possession and an expense, as "One would hardly believe how expensive such little persons are." (p 8). This becomes the main source from which the play 's tension originates. This is essential, as Nora’s terror of Torvald uncovering this secret causes her to weave an increasingly unstable web of lies, which subsequently collapses around her

Although she could do little in her position as a woman, Nora wanted to do what she could to make sure her family was happy and healthy. "But don't you see: He couldn't be told! You're missing the whole point, Kristine. We couldn't even let him know how seriously ill he was. The doctors came to me and told me his life was in danger that nothing could save him but a stay in the south. Don't you think I tried to work on him? I told him how lovely it would be if I could go abroad like other young wives. I cried and begged. I said he'd better remember what condition I was in, that he had to be nice to me and do what I wanted. I even hinted he could borrow the money. But that almost made him angry with me. He told me I was being irresponsible and that it was his duty as my husband not to give in to my moods and whims- I think that's what he called it. All right, I said to myself you've got to be saved somehow, and so I found a way-"(976) Nora showed responsibility when the happiness of her household was threatened. She stepped up to the plate to fix things even though her methods were not right in the eyes of the town. She wanted to save the man she loved with all of her heart.

Nora’s marriage has been a sham ever since the start. By the standard of modern day, she has legitimate ground to leave her husband Torvald. Because Torvald only cares about his image, he treats Nora as an object rather than a wife, Nora has never been taken seriously by her husband, and Torvald only loves her for her appearance. Torvalds image is of great importance to him considering now he is a bank manager, and he will not allow anything standing in his way to ruin this image this includes his wife. All of Nora’s life has been controlled by a male figure, first her father which just transitioned to her husband. Towards the end of the play suggests he never actually loved Nora, it was in fact just an act to have more control over her, and to prevent her from leaving.

Previous to the opening of the play, Nora makes the decision to get a loan without Torvald's knowledge so that he can go to Italy and improve his health, showing compassion and love for her husband. Nora's aquiring the loan with her father as a guarantor, shows that she cared enough not to worry her husband with money problems at a time that he needed to heal. Forging her

In the story “Doll House” Nora had been previously scolded by her husband and finally informed Torvald, “I’m saying we’ve never sat down seriously and got to the bottom of things” (936 MLM). Nora was done being treated as a child by Torvald. He shielded her from the world, like her father, and would never let her form an opinion stray from his own. He wouldn’t let her talk of the serious matters in life, from morality to simple decisions with money, that had to do with being her own person with her own mind. This led Nora to leave and find herself as Torvald would not let her just be with his grown instinct that love from a husband must have a controlling nature over the wife in the marriage, not an equality between the

Nora has to keep her vows. Nora cannot just leave her family, and live for her own. She has vows to

     Most of us live a life where we do what we want and when we want without anyone telling us how to live our lives. This wasn’t the case in A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, where he illustrates to us how one woman lives a life through her father and husband. Throughout the play we see how a once childish like woman gains her independence and a life of her own. Ibsen shows us a very realistic play that demonstrates how on the outside Nora and Torvald seem to have it all. While in reality their life together is simply empty until Nora stands up for herself and starts to build her own life.

Torvald called Nora a foolish woman and after that was said she took his words into consideration and he doesn’t like the change that Nora has become not one bit. Torvald states that Nora would be “deserting her husband and children and she is also neglecting her sacred duties, meaning if she moved out she wouldn’t be a good wife or mother. Nora, at this point doesn’t believe anything Torvald says anymore so she began to question her adulthood and her wifely/motherly duties. Nora coincidentally came to her senses and began to not care about what others had to say about her

Nora proceeds to apologize and plays the role of the obedient wife. Nora has the right to spend extra money after what she has been through for the first few years of marriage. Nora and Torvald were very poor. Torvald also became sick and had to travel to Italy to recover. Nora secretly and illegally got a loan to pay for the trip to Italy. During the time setting of the play, women weren’t allowed to do certain things without their husband’s permission such as take out loans. Nora has been working extra hard to pay back her debt and the promotion that Torvald will receive will help Nora become debt free.

In his play, 'A Doll?s House,' Henrik Ibsen shows a marriage built only on appearances, and not love. Both Nora the wife, and Torvald the husband, pretend they are in love throughout the story. However, love should be patient and kind, and their love is anything but that. Nora treats her husband as a father figure. Her feelings towards Torvald are more about dependence than love. Torvald treats Nora like a child or a pet. He gets very angry and frustrated with Nora, and he does not truly love her. True love is perfect, not angry, controlling, and dependent as Nora and Torvald are to each other.

The first reason why it is wrong for Nora to leave is because she has a good husband who takes care of her. He gives her anything she wants. Helmer states, “Tell me just what-within reason-you’d most like to have” (Ibsen 867). Helmer wants to please Nora in any way he can. He does anything she asks. All he wants is to make her