The play A Doll's House, by Henrik Ibsen, is concerned with the conflict between social distinctions and duty. ... Once Nora recognized the truth about her marriage, she understood that she can no longer stay in the "strange man's house" (Ibsen). ... I've been your doll-wife here, just as at home I was Papa's doll--child" (Ibsen). ... She decided that she has to leave a house. ... When Nora closes the door of the doll's house behind her, she opens a different door of new life for women. ...

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A Doll's House Becoming Independent Throughout A Doll's House, Henrik Ibsen illustrates through an intriguing story how a once infantile-like woman gains independence and a life of her own. Ibsen creates a naturalistic drama that demonstrates how on the outside Nora and Torvald seam to have it all, but in reality their life together is empty. ... Because she had been pampered all of her life, first by her father and now by Torvald, Nora would only have to make a cute animal sound to get what she wanted from Torvald, "If your little squirr...

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The play A Doll's House, by Henrik Ibsen, is a prime example of a marriage that didn't work. ... I think the main area Trovald shows his lack of love is in the way he manages his "doll house". Trovald was the owner of what he thought to be his doll house this was handed down to him from Nora's father, when he died the title of the doll house was given to him. ... So this is how I see the roles played, Trovald is the overseer of the doll house she moves when she is told to. ... The children are her dolls this is probably the only thing she has control over. ...

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Henrik Ibsen wrote A Doll's House, a dramatic play, in 1879.The play takes place in a Norwegian town. ... Nora had to understand that she could not rely on Torvald for her identity the rest of her life, and Torvald too had to understand that Nora was a person and he had to treat her as an equal Doll House - symbolizes the tendency of the characters to play roles. ...

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English In the play "A Doll House" by Henrik Ibsen, the author chooses two very unique characters to play Nora and Torvald. ... One example of Torvald's dominance over Nora, occurs when he forbids Nora to have any macaroons in the house, even though she really enjoyed them. ... Nora then decides that she has to leave the house. ... When Nora closes the door of the house, it's as if she opens the door on a new life for herself. ...

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"The Doll House" is a play written by Henrik Ibsen more than a hundred years ago. It is probably one of the first attempts to discuss the need for an equality between men and women. The inclusion of this play in a "World's Classics" book series tells us about how great this play is. But on reading i...

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Two plays, "A Doll's House", by Henrik Ibsen, and "Antigone", by Sophocles, illustrate the basis behind this quote. ... "A Doll's House", by Henrik Ibsen is a play that illustrates the sorrow of love. ... He treats his wife as if she were a little doll. ...

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