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A Doll's House and All My Sons

By this, Miller shows Chris supporting the decisions of soldiers and telling Keller that although people believe it was the individual responsibility of the soldiers to sacrifice themselves for their country and its citizens in the eyes of society, this is not the case however, these soldiers were selfless as did in fact sacrifice their lives, taking the social responsibility into their own hands and with the hope of saving the lives of many people. The semantic field of death used within Chris's speech to Keller where this quote was taken from, links to the conscription that comes with being a soldier and that although a lot of men didn't choose to, they did put their life on the line and willingly sacrificed themselves for the sake of their team and society.
             We can see within our comparisons, that several characters keep secrets which put a strain on character relationships in the play. Ibsen makes good use of foreshadowing in "A Doll's House" to create dramatic effect. He begins with Nora telling a small lie at the beginning of the play when Dr. Ranks say's to her "I thought they were forbidden here." He is making reference to the macaroons that Nora is eating and the fact that Torvald has forbidden her from buying or consuming them and Nora replies "Yes" telling us as the audience that she knows but is keeping this hidden from Torvald. This hiding of the macaroons is also shown to us when Torvald comes from his study and stage directions say that Nora is "[hiding the bag of macaroons]" so she is clearly aware that she is going against his word and doesn't want him to know. Small lies/secrets such as these escalate throughout the play where Ibsen reveals a much bigger and darker secret which Nora is hiding from her husband. Later in the play we learn that Nora has committed the crime of forgery which would jeopardise Torvalds career and reputation is people were to find out.


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