A Doll's House. A character Narative of a Women Finding Her Strength.

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A dolls house was a very interesting play as well and a compelling character narrative. When one truly analyzes the characters in the play there is a lot of variation and human development epically with Nora who at the end of the play recognizes her true worth and pushes back against the establishment that treated her as nothing more then a doll in a man's world.




Throughout the play Nora is treated as a doll, by her husband as he considers her more of a prize or arm candy, and also by society as her voice is often not taken into consideration. Torvald is actually very sexist towards Nora and in the play Nora is treated as a play thing by Torvald as he expects her to give him what he wants (in the case of the party). Torvald does not consider Nora to be capable or equal to him. In fact he thinks of her as a child: "It's as if she belongs to him in two ways now: in a sense he's given her fresh into the world again, and she's become his wife and child as well. From now on that what you'll be to me". Nora eventually discovers her own strength and decides she's through being a doll and must be her own women, something other then what Add to dictionary, and society intends for her to be. "I believe that, before all else. I'm a human being, no less than you- or anyway, I ought to try to become one". It is at this point where Nora has reached the pinnacle of her inner strength and stands up to the stereotypes and the gender roles assigned to her and decides that above all she is a human and that because of that she is equal and deserves to be treated as such. So she sets off presumably to find her self and to stretch the limits of her new found strength. For the first time Nora is no longer a Doll, but a women... a strong women in control of her own destiny.


I had to read this play through twice in order to truly grasp Nora's character development and I must say what a development it is. At the beginning Nora is scared and timid and accepts her gender role as its all she's ever known and its what she's comfortable with. However, as the play progresses and more and more stress is placed on Nora she takes more responsibility and gains better understanding and I believe that's ultimately what leads her to this transformation. She realizes what she is capable of and  that Torvald, despite being kind to her was in reality not letting her be all she could be.
 In the end Torvald and Nora's marriage was a mirage and a Dolls house. Nora was not allowed to flourish and was instead treated as a doll and a plaything but once she realized she was capable of more, she left because of it. At first I did not understand Nora leaving but once I looked at it from her perspective she had every right to leave, and in fact she needed to leave because being only a doll was stunting her growth and she needed to flourish.

Thank you.