rebeldol Essay on Nora’s Rebellion in Ibsen's A Doll's House

Nora finds strength in realizing her failure, resolving to find herself as a human being and not in what society expects of her. Nora’s recognition comes when Torvald so

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.

As long as Nora stays with Torvald, she would never find the freedom that her heart desires. In the novel, the reader can understand that Nora's main conflict is her finding her own individuality and her husband blocks the ability of her to see the path to her goals. A huge amount of bravery, courage and strength would have been aqcuired to make such a decision and she had all three characteristics. Nora decides to leave her family with many justified reasons, which makes her choice understandable.

At the end of the play ¨A Doll house¨ Nora decides to leave her husband and three children. Her decisions were for the better and her choice in leaving was in the right. Nora felt as though she was unloved and always treated as a child. She also felt as though her life was a facade.

When Krogstad threatens to expose the truth, Nora must use her craftiness to distract Torvald and sway him into letting Krogstad keep his job. Unfortunately, she is not able to change his mind, but she does succeed in diverting his suspicions of her motives. She praises him and lulls him into a false sense of security by telling him that "[n]o one has such good taste as [he has]" and then goes on to ask him if he could "take [her] in hand and decide what [she is] to go as" for the dance. She confesses to him that she "can't do anything without [him] to help [her]". These statements lead him to believe that he is the one to "rescue" her, when it is in fact Nora who is trying to rescue him from dishonour. Later on, when Krogstad puts a letter in Torvald's mail, explaining everything that Nora has done, Nora uses her charms once more. She pretends that she has forgotten the tarantella so that Torvald will spend all his time with her and think nothing of the mail that awaits him. Nora truly believes that by deceiving her husband, she is protecting him from worry. Because of Nora's deception, the person that Torvald believes her to be is quite different from the person she actually is. He believes that she is a "spendthrift," infatuated by expensive things when in reality, she saves her money to pay back Krogstad and buys cheap clothing and gifts. Torvald

Torvald had a view of how he thought his life should be lived, and it was not exactly in Nora’s favor. He believed that his reputation was a very important part of his life and Nora knew that and that is why she contemplated committing suicide before he found out about the loan. Nora did not want to hurt his social reputation. Nora lived for him; she never wanted to disappoint him or cause him any harm. Unfortunately, Torvald did not care near as greatly about Nora as she did for him. He treated her poorly, by constantly telling her that her actions were careless and that a disease was the cause. Also, Torvald was selfish and controlling. He never really said “we” when having a conversation with her it was all about him and how her actions

Leaving behind whatever happiness she had left. As for Nora, she saved her husband's life by borrowing money but kept it a secret because “Torvald, with all masculine pride--how painfully humiliating for him if he ever found out he was in debt to me. That would ruin our relationship. Our beautiful, happy home would never be the same” (1030). This shows how a selfless act can be frowned on by society due to her being a woman.

Nora slowly built up resentment for her way of life, and how much is expected of her. Her husband Torvald is very traditional, and demanded her to act a certain way. Nora played along with the role of the perfect housewife even though she had no desire to so. Her own dreams and desires very rarely, if ever, considered and she was always expected to place her family’s needs above her own. Nora’s resentment of Torvald, and the way society viewed women in general, is very clearly stated after she decides to leave him.

By referring to her as ‘little lark’, ‘child’, and ‘silly Nora’, he shows that he feels incredibly superior to her. "The child [Nora] shall have her way" (2.385). "Is it my little squirrel bustling about?" (1.9). In these instances, Torvald refers to Nora as a child and even a squirrel.

When examining the different characters in A Doll’s House, Nora is by far the most interesting character in the play. She becomes the central character who is portrayed as a “doll” for her husband, Torvald, to dress up, show off, and give direction to. Over the course of A Doll’s House, Nora seems to be happily married in the beginning of the play towards the middle, however she begins to change towards the end. Nora played out to not be as happy as she seemed, therefore she just put on for the people and to show status.

“That is like a woman! But seriously, Nora, you know what I think about that. No debt, no borrowing ‘Torvald’” (12). The moment Torvald spoke these words, is when the story truly began to evolve. The first words Torvald speak that stand out are when he say, “That is like women” which immediately makes Nora feel as if she can’t act like herself or a women in order to make her husband happy, but it was too late. Nora knew that she already borrowed money and didn’t follow Torvald’s rules, even if it was out of love, but know matter what, she knew that she wasn’t going to be treated ordinary from Torvald or anyone else for that

“When I was home with Papa he told me his opinion about everything, and so I had the same opinions; and if I differed from him I concealed the fact, because he would not have liked it. He called me his doll child, and he played with me just as I used to play with my dolls” (Ibsen 66). Nora’s relationship with her husband was compared to that of her husband, showing truly how indecently both her father and husband had treated her within their normal family life. She wasn’t able to have her own opinion, and was shown disapproval for it. Hence, she was forced to create a personality to use around Torvald and also those who she wanted have the thought that they were indeed a perfect family.

A doll house is based on Nora understanding how she feels about her relationship with her husband Torvald. The play opens up with Nora arriving home from Christmas shopping, excited to show her husband what she has purchased. Torvald will be getting a promotion at his bank so Nora feels that she gets to splurge a little on gifts. Torvald calls Nora a child, spendthrift, and a lark for her actions on spending a lot of money. Torvald teases Nora and compares her to her father by saying the following:

20-23). Torvald’s refusal to borrow money shows the character of a strong independent man. But, after reading the first letter written by Krogstad, Torvald calls Nora a “foolish woman” (3. 305). He blames Nora’s father for Nora’s ‘’want of principle’’ (3. 235-236) and blames her of having no religion and no morality. He even calls Nora a ‘’miserable creature’’ (3. 232). By saying so, Torvald makes a very bad impression on their relationship. As a husband Torvald’s responsibility was to appreciate and help Nora. But the harsh behavior of her husband provoked Nora to leave her house.

Her father was much like Torvald and she has lived her entire life under the “rule” of someone oppressive and controlling that manipulates her life in way similar to living in the false reality of a doll's house. This is why I believe Ibsen titled the book, The Doll’s House, since it reflects how Nora’s life is as unreal as the life of a doll in a doll house. Her mother on the other hand was absent in her life and that led to other problems in Nora’s life growing up, such as not having a positive role model. Earlier in the story Nora has a conversation with Torvald talking about why he doesn't like Krogstad, and as Torvald is talking about how he got a lot of the negative traits he has today from his mother and father, he says, “Such an atmosphere of lies infects and poisons the whole life of a home. Each breath the children take in such a house is full of the germs of evil.” Nora nervously responds, “Are you sure of that?” then Torvald says, “My dear, I have often seen it in the course of my life as a lawyer. Almost everyone who has gone to the bad early in life has had a deceitful mother” (pg. 27.) This conversation reveals a lot about both characters; first we learn that Torvald is