Doll House

Everything was fun and games and for show. Torvald scolded Nora like he would a child, "Hasn't Mrs. Sweet Tooth been breaking rules today in town - (4). Then, Nora would respond as a young child would facing punishment, "I should not think of going against your wishes- (4). This type of communications cannot be healthy in any relationship, and greatly hindered the relationship between the two. Finally, when Nora realized that they needed to seriously converse the timing was too late, "We have been married eight years now. Does this not occur to you that this is the first time that we two, you and I, husband and wife, have had a serious conversation?- (66) The Helmer's didn't communicate feeling through their relationship nor did they communicate love. Torvald did give Nora gifts of money but he did not give her the respect and devotion she, as well as any wife, needs. Torvald did love the idea of having a wife, but he did not sincerely love Nora. Yet Nora did believe that he loved her, and showed through her feelings of expectance of Torvald to sacrifice himself, when she would be accused of her crime. Yet, when she discovered that Torvald really didn't love her she stated, "You have never love me. You have only thought it to be pleasant to be in love with me- (66). She then knew that he only viewed her as a problem, and that her marriage was meaningless. "You have destroyed all of my happiness. You have ruined all my future. It is horrible I must sink to such miserable depths because of a thoughtless woman!- (62). The ending of Nora and Torvald's marriage was inevitable. A true couple cannot connect when love and communication are absent, and without these vital necessities a marriage is empty. Nora and Torvald had to learn this before they could commit themselves to any human being. 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.