... pretty little fingers."" This exemplar embodies much of the dramatisations critique of patriarchal values, held predominantly by Torvald. Nora is portrayed as delicate, fragile, and as the title aptly implies: doll-like. Further adding to this point is Torvald's affrontingly misogynistic statement: "What a featherbrain it is- Torvald's distain by use of the word "it- in a description of Nora, further ... exemplifies the notion of a matrilineal derision, in respect to women being seen as equals. This aspect of A Dolls House is Ibsen's primary criticism of the 19th century in which it was...

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