A Dolls House: Nora Essay -- A Dolls House Essays

ANANALYSISOFNORA, THE men IN HER LIFE,ANDHERNAVIGATATIONTO INDEPENDENCE     Theplay,A madamHouse,writtenbyHenrikIbsenin1879,isconsideredalandmarkindramaforitsportrayalofrealisticpeople,places,andsituations.Ibsen termhisstorytothemiddleclass.Hewritesofa nightclubthatis limitednot merelybyitsmeansoflivelihoodbutalsoitsoutlook.Ibsenportrayshis characters aspreoccupiedwithworkandmoney, showing a reduction of valuesinand that lack of quality souls with morals.Ibsen chairsthisrealisticstoryandinvestsitwithuniversalsignificance.Wrappedupinthetechniqueofthiswellconstructed play, Ibsenis masterfulinhispresentationofnotonlyrealism,but heholdsamirrorupto thesocietyof his day byusingthe mannish insertsascatalystsforNorasultimate intimacyofself-actualization.Heaccomplishesthiswithsuchprecision thattheaudiencemightnotbe sensitiveallthesubtletiesthat becreatingtheirtheatricalexperience.     InA Doll House,Noraforgesthenameofherfatherandrisksdamagingherhus bandsgoodname.HenrikIbsenoffersremarkableinsightintothe 19thcenturypreoccupationwiththefamilyandtheroleofthefather, and what role is projected upon those who are crush to him.Thisplaytakesupthesubjectofstrongwomenandweakmen at heart the plot. Aprominentthemewithinthisdramaisthedeteriorationofthemale,who is awareofhisroleasa"fatherfigure". This decomposition is find by the feminine protagonist (Nora). It is this descent that the role of the father figure is shaped, while creating thecatalystfor the catharsis orchangeinNora.     Whenthefemaleprotagonistchallengespatriarchalauthority,shedoessobyundermininginone contour lineoranotherboththedominantmaleandhisfamilyname. Thefollowingdepth psychologyfocusesonNorasultimaterealizationthatshemustbeanemancipatedpersontobehertrueself.Hernavigation by dint oftheelementsofcrisesarefocusedthroughthefather-figuresinherlife.Thejourneytowardsherself-actualizationandrisingfreedomcan be put inwithinherrelationshipswitht hemeninherlife.Thisultimatelyidentifiestherelevantthematicelementsthatarepivo... ...hechoosesinsteadtoseeherselfassomeoneinprocess,inastateofbecoming,ratherthanof havingdefinedbeing.Noradiscoversthatbecauseher testifysignaturehadnovalue,shehadtotakethenameofthedead/absentfather. Eventuallyrealizingthatshecannotescapetheghostorthenameoftheabsenthusband/father.     Thus, through Noras association and fundamental interaction with her father figures she, in a broader sense,hintsatthe possibilityofa novel dynamic for the family and society as a whole. A time in which the person, no matter the gender, is allowed to sign for him or herself rather, than use the name of an father. InA Doll HouseNoradiscoversherselfdisenfranchisedanddisembodiedbyherfathers/husbandsname.This only occurs by virtue of her inner resolve and the inherit flaws Ibsen has given to the male characters of the play. She finallyrejects both her father and husbandandaffirms her ambition towriteherownd estiny.Works CitedIbsen, Henrik. A Doll House . Drama A HarperCollins carrier bag Anthology. ed. R. S.      Gwynn. New York HarperCollins. 1993. 153-212.