In “A Doll House” by Henrik Ibsen, the reader meets the married couple Nora and Torvald Helmer. The Helmers are a typical 1880s middle –class Norwegian family yet Nora has a secret. Nora has been lying to her husband and everybody else but her intentions are always good. While Nora is trying to be a good person, she has to tell white lies to make sure everybody is happy around her. Nora may lie but it is always to protect somebody or help them even if she is going about it the wrong way. Nora tells Ms.Linde her lie to Torvald about her father giving her money to pay for their trip to save her husband’s life by saying, “ I told you about that trip to Italy, Torvald never would have lived if he hadn’t gone” (Pg.1592). Nora lied about borrowing
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Nora makes sure that her children are doing well even when she cannot be around. In another part of the story Nora is explaining her ideal happiness when she is free from debt by saying, “Free. To be free, absolutely free. To spend time playing with the children. To have a clean, beautiful house.” When Nora thinks of her happiness she shows her love for her children by showing the joy she gets from playing with them. Nora leaving Torvald and the children was a good thing. In the play Nora is realizing her husband isn’t what she wants. Nora starts to feel as if Torvald is a stranger. Nora felt as if she did not know the man she married. Nora explains how she is feeling and realizes that their whole marriage is fake. “Our home is nothing but a playroom. I have been a doll-wife.” Nora leaves to find herself. She wants to be independent. She knows by leaving all of this behind it will give her true happiness and self-worth. Nora only has the best intentions whether it was to help someone or help herself. She may go about it the wrong way but she lies to save her husband’s life and to get a childhood friend a job. She shows she is a loving mother. She may have left in the end but it was to find herself. Nora taught the readers to do what is best for their selves even though she didn’t do it in the best
Nora makes sure that her children are doing well even when she cannot be around. In another part of the story Nora is explaining her ideal happiness when she is free from debt by saying, “Free. To be free, absolutely free. To spend time playing with the children. To have a clean, beautiful house.” When Nora thinks of her happiness she shows her love for her children by showing the joy she gets from playing with them. Nora leaving Torvald and the children was a good thing. In the play Nora is realizing her husband isn’t what she wants. Nora starts to feel as if Torvald is a stranger. Nora felt as if she did not know the man she married. Nora explains how she is feeling and realizes that their whole marriage is fake. “Our home is nothing but a playroom. I have been a doll-wife.” Nora leaves to find herself. She wants to be independent. She knows by leaving all of this behind it will give her true happiness and self-worth. Nora only has the best intentions whether it was to help someone or help herself. She may go about it the wrong way but she lies to save her husband’s life and to get a childhood friend a job. She shows she is a loving mother. She may have left in the end but it was to find herself. Nora taught the readers to do what is best for their selves even though she didn’t do it in the best