One main similarity between the two plays A Doll's House, by Henrik Ibsen, and Trifles, by Susan Glaspell, is that the women are treated like they are incompetent. ... In A Doll's House, Torvald calls Nora his singing bird, or he calls her his little squirrel. He rewards her as one would a house pet. ... In A Doll's House, Torvald shows many different ways of how he does not expect his wife to do simple everyday things. ...

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In the play A Doll's House by Henrick Ibsen, Nora's dilemma is directly affected by this male-dominating society. ... At the time Nora though her life was pleasant and perfect, but in reality she was just her father's "baby doll, and he played with [her] as [she] use to play with dolls" (Ibsen 1124). ... Being raised in a male-dominated society, Nora was unable to become nothing more than her father's baby doll. ... In her marriage, she is again compared to a doll, but this time she is Torvald's doll. ... Since Torvald never treated Nora more than his doll wife, ...

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In A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen, we notice the topic that Nora is portrayed as a doll from the end of act one throughout act two. ... Nora is portrayed as a doll throughout the play until she realizes the truth about the world she lives in, and cuts herself free. ... She never left the house, mostly because her husband was afraid of the way people "would talk." ... (Ibsen, 21). ... The story A Dolls House is believable. ...

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In Doll House, the foil to Torvald Helmer is his employee, Krogstad. ... Ibsen's use of the title Doll House shows meaning because is often treated as a doll by Torvald, as he always wants to come home to a "happy and welcoming" home, as he says, and this adds to Nora's unnerving feeling. ...

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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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A Doll's House - Nora's Roles Essay A century ago, life for women was very different from today, they were treated as vastly inferior human beings. ... Henrik Ibsen wrote a play in 1879 entitled "A Doll's House". In its day it scandalized 19th century audiences, Nora's character shocked theatre goers; for her impulsiveness was unheared of in that era, especially from a middle class house wife. ... The way in which she calls them dolls suggests to me that this is how she treats them, like toys, perhaps the way in which she was treated like as a child by her parents...

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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 plays that deal with the issue of woman in society and the way they are seen in society are Antigone by Sophocles and A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. We are introduced to the character Nora in Ibsen's play. Nora's character undergoes a change from first being a doll to becoming an individual who wants to find her own independence. ...

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Throughout his play, A Doll's House, Henrik Ibsen's shows the reader a portrayal of a marriage that has lost all emotion and romanticism. ... Because of this, Nora tells Torvald that she cannot be in his "doll's house" anymore. ... Nora believes that the marriage can protect her from all things, but it is shattered because of Torvald's playful manner, as if she were only a doll. ...

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