During the 1870s women generally stayed home if their husband made enough income to support the family. Women were also allowed to own property in a marriage, custody of the children during a divorce, and a good income at their job. The play “A Doll House," showed an excellent example of a wealthy family during the time period of 1870, and some of the problems that may have occurred. Henrik Ibsen foreshadowed throughout the play. Some of the key moments where Ibsen foreshadowed were Nora’s continuous lying to Torvald, conversations between Nora and Torvald, and when Torvald finds out she borrowed the money at the end of the play. “Torvald treats his wife like a naughty child, playfully tweaking her ear and scolding her about the macaroons.”(Durbach)
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Who cares about them? They're strangers.(Ibsen 1729)
Torvald is not a very nice husband to Nora. Throughout the play Torvald calls Nora many nicknames such as squirrel or names referring to a small animal or bird. Towards the end of the play Nora says, “In all these eight years--longer than that--from the very beginning of our acquaintance, we have never exchanged a word on any serious subject.”(Ibsen 1771) In this play Torvald treats his wife Nora like a doll and not like his wife. I believe many conflicts could be resolved if Torvald would treat her like a grown women. We find out very quickly in the play that Nora had to borrow money from Krogstad. Ibsen showed foreshadowing by telling us that if Torvald or the town found out, they would lose everything. In this time period women did not have many rights when it came to finances. Eventually Torvald found the letter in the mailbox that Krogstad had written explaining the allegations that Nora committed. Once Nora see how Torvald reacts, she see him for who he really is. Nora finally realizes that she had been Torvald’s puppet throughout their marriage. Nora:As I am now, I am no wife for you.
Torvald: I have it in me to become a different
Who cares about them? They're strangers.(Ibsen 1729)
Torvald is not a very nice husband to Nora. Throughout the play Torvald calls Nora many nicknames such as squirrel or names referring to a small animal or bird. Towards the end of the play Nora says, “In all these eight years--longer than that--from the very beginning of our acquaintance, we have never exchanged a word on any serious subject.”(Ibsen 1771) In this play Torvald treats his wife Nora like a doll and not like his wife. I believe many conflicts could be resolved if Torvald would treat her like a grown women. We find out very quickly in the play that Nora had to borrow money from Krogstad. Ibsen showed foreshadowing by telling us that if Torvald or the town found out, they would lose everything. In this time period women did not have many rights when it came to finances. Eventually Torvald found the letter in the mailbox that Krogstad had written explaining the allegations that Nora committed. Once Nora see how Torvald reacts, she see him for who he really is. Nora finally realizes that she had been Torvald’s puppet throughout their marriage. Nora:As I am now, I am no wife for you.
Torvald: I have it in me to become a different