A doll's house
The play A Doll's House, by Henrik Ibsen, is concerned with the conflict between social distinctions and duty. This play is about women's need for independence and her obligations to family and society. The reader can easily recognize sacrifice and guiltlessness in the play. One can follow a theme through the play by looking at Nora -- the heroine. Nora is the beloved wife of Torvald Helmer. Together they have a cozy house, and three darling children. And supposedly they have been married for eight happy years. Torvald was just promoted for a higher position in the bank. Isn't that a lovely picture? But when Torvald started to talk, we can feel that something is wrong with this picture. "My little songbird," "my little squirrel," and even "my little featherbrain" - that is what Torvald calls his wife. He treats Nora as a child. He thinks that she is stupid, and that she must be controlled. Torvald controls her housekeeping budget and how much she can spend on certain purchases. He doesn't know, and he doesn't want to know that Nora, herself, can earn some money. Instead, he expects her to be dependent on his salary.
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Torvald Helmer, Ibsen Nora, Henrik Ibsen, Nora Helmer, , doll's house, ibsen nora, torvald doesn't, women's freedom, family society,
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Approximate Word count = 757
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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