Comparably, as a doll does not have an opinion, neither does Nora as she often tries to alter herself, cloaking her true feelings to make her owner (Torvald) a happier person. The theme of this play circulates around the central fact that Nora, despite her unequal role to her male counterpart is not a victim of circumstances but rather responsible for her own predicament. By acting as nothing more than a puppet with Torvald as her puppet master, Nora eternalizes her l

ife to be a game of dressing up Barbie. Just as the little children’s dolls we once had, we find Nora corresponding to several of those qualities.

Consequently, we see it more and more imminent that it is Nora’s fault for her own fate, as A Doll’s House tells the reader that the tragedy in the play is caused by a lack of change rather than because of a radical change. Nevertheless it becomes quite clear and evident in the play that like a doll Nora has lived her life in a world of fantasy and disillusion. For example her failure to understand that laws are not flexible simply because a man’s life is in danger, led to the end of her relationship with Torvald. In the Greek tragedy, a hamartia is known as the initial mistake, which is always the trigger and downfall of a series of events. A Doll’s House likewise also experiences it’s own hamartia; the hamartia that a wife should sacrifice everything for their husband, thus leading Nora responsible for her own malignant ending.

Seemingly, even when Nora acts out of her own will, she expresses puppet like qualities. Secretly, Nora had taken a bond out with a forged signature of consent from her father. She then used this money to pay for a needed vacation to save Torvald’s life and has been secretly repaying this bond back slowly. Nora points out that she feels she “[has] something to be proud and glad of,” (pg. 10) This suggests to us that again like a little doll, Nora seems to have the mind of one. While flabbergasted in her own self-pride, she doesn’t realize the seriousness of her doings. Ignorantly, Nora expresses that her actions were not imprudent but rather of the utmost necessity. Like in the doll world, Nora believes her actions are completely justified simply because she is “certain that there must be laws permitting such things as that.” (pg. 24). Thus suggesting to us the mentality of Nora is like that of a doll. She can only see what is in f

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