imagine how daring it seemed at the time it was written one

hundred years ago. Its theme, the emancipation of a woman, makes it

In Act I, there are many clues that hint at the kind of marriage

Nora and Torvald have. It seems that Nora is a doll controlled by

Torvald. She relies on him for everything, from movements to thoughts,

much like a puppet who is dependent on its puppet master for all of

its actions. The most obvious example of Torvald's physical control

over Nora is his reteaching her the tarantella. Nora pretends that she

needs Torvald to teach her every move in order to relearn the dance.

The reader knows this is an act, and it shows her submissiveness to

Torvald. After he teaches her the dance, he proclaims "When I saw you

turn and sway in the tarantella-my blood was pounding till I couldn't

stand it"(1009), showing how he is more interested in Nora physically

than emotionally. When Nora responds by saying "Go away, Torvald!

Leave me alone. I don't want all this"(1009), Torvald asks "Aren't I

stereotypical man, who is only interested in his appearance and the

imaginable. When Torvald does not immediately offer to help Nora after

"always merry, never happy." When Nora finally slams the door and

similar to Nora's. Although many people have accepted women as being

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