You can clearly see how the characters have developed throughout the play by the language which they use. At the beginning Torvald is very much the more dominant character, undermining and talking down to Nora, whereas in the end of the play Torvald no longer speaks to Nora in this way, and Nora begins to speak in a way which has not been shown to us before. She talks of religion and how she longs to find out what that means, on her own. ‘When I get away from all this and can think things out on my own, that’s one of the questions I want to look into’. Nora starts to show independe

The poetic language used in the play, mostly by Rank and Krogstad, makes the language more interesting for the audience and is more complex, therefore this gives the audience something to think about, making them think what the characters are trying to convey ‘Now m a shipwrecked man clinging to a spar.’ By having this more complex language this give a contrast from the simplicity of the other language which is sometimes used. By Krogstad using heightened poetic language this gives another side to his character, the more sensitive and caring side to him, which is a big contrast from the threatening language used earlier on. ‘If I get thrown into the gutter for a second time, I shall take you with me’. Therefore this gives his character more depth.

Torvald calls Nora his ‘song bird. Henrik Ibsen has quite cleverly used this as a metaphor, we realise this as the play develops because Nora is trapped, just like a bird. It is only when she leaves at the end, that she is finally free, not only from Torvald but she is now free to discover new things, and learn about life, which she has never been able to do until this point.

nce and we realise that their marriage is no longer a game

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Rank Krogstad, Henrick Ibsen, Nora Nora, Henrik Ibsen, Torvald Nora, , henrik ibsen, henrick ibsen, ‘a dolls house’, play language, dolls house’, eating macaroons, poetic language, ‘a dolls,