A Doll's House
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A Doll's House
Nora is an enigmatic character, a chameleon. It is hard to say what exactly she is. Is she a empty-headed, silly child as she appears to be in the beginning? Is she a naive, young woman needing protection from a harsh world as Torvald perceives her? Or is she actually a very intelligent, underestimated, conniving but good-intentioned woman as she appears to be in the end of the book? Did she do anything wrong?
In the beginning of the play, The Doll House, by Henrik Ibsen, Nora appears to be very childish, and a spendthrift. She is talked down to by her husband Torvald; he refers to her as his little sparrow, who he must protect from the hawks. She appears to be a typical housewife, running the home while he works. She gives the appearance that she is deserving of the treatment he gives her, but the money that he believes that she...