Marriage is a complex relationship where you must put in as much energy as you expect to get out of it. In a Doll’s House, the marriage between Nora and Torvald was a normal one. They had kids, and a steady lifestyle as a typical family. So why did it fall apart in the end? They quit being straight forward with each other, and their secrets forced them to argue until Nora decided to leave. This is a typical example of miscommunication in a marriage. Therefore, verbal communication and being honest is the foundation of any properly functioning relationship.
In a marriage, you must be attentive and supportive, because the bond you have with your significant other determines the fate of the relationship. In the Helmer’s marriage they both stopped …show more content…
Torvald wasn’t harmed by Nora’s lie, but he reacted as if he was. “Now you have destroyed all my happiness. You have ruined all my future. It is horrible to think of! I am in the power of an unscrupulous man; he can do what he likes with me, ask anything he likes of me, give me any orders he pleases – I dare not refuse. And I must sink to such miserable depths because of a thoughtless woman!” (Ibsen 870). Although everything turned out to be fine, and Helmer had overreacted it still hurt him that his wife could keep a lie going for so long. Scott Wiltermuth is an associate professor at USC who studies ethics and morality, and he says people may lie to keep a positive self-image, and in doing so it can give them a character high, where they may forget they lied to make themselves feel better (Wiltermuth). Nora may have taken her lie to a different level where she felt that she was contributing to her family’s wellbeing without thinking about the …show more content…
Marriages are complex relationships that require constant attention from those involved in order to function properly. A marriage can evolve as time passes, but whether it gets better or worse depends on if they focus on the positive aspects of their relationship, or the negative. Benjamin Karney is the Associate Professor of Social Psychology at the University of California who focuses on how marriages can change over time. He talks about how happy couples don’t fixate on negative parts of their relationship. Karney says
Over time, as specific aspects of the relationship change, with some parts becoming more positive and some becoming more negative, the couples who stay happiest overall are the ones who change their beliefs about what is important in their relationships accordingly, deciding that whatever aspects of the marriage have declined must not be so important after all.
In a marriage, you must be attentive and supportive, because the bond you have with your significant other determines the fate of the relationship. In the Helmer’s marriage they both stopped …show more content…
Torvald wasn’t harmed by Nora’s lie, but he reacted as if he was. “Now you have destroyed all my happiness. You have ruined all my future. It is horrible to think of! I am in the power of an unscrupulous man; he can do what he likes with me, ask anything he likes of me, give me any orders he pleases – I dare not refuse. And I must sink to such miserable depths because of a thoughtless woman!” (Ibsen 870). Although everything turned out to be fine, and Helmer had overreacted it still hurt him that his wife could keep a lie going for so long. Scott Wiltermuth is an associate professor at USC who studies ethics and morality, and he says people may lie to keep a positive self-image, and in doing so it can give them a character high, where they may forget they lied to make themselves feel better (Wiltermuth). Nora may have taken her lie to a different level where she felt that she was contributing to her family’s wellbeing without thinking about the …show more content…
Marriages are complex relationships that require constant attention from those involved in order to function properly. A marriage can evolve as time passes, but whether it gets better or worse depends on if they focus on the positive aspects of their relationship, or the negative. Benjamin Karney is the Associate Professor of Social Psychology at the University of California who focuses on how marriages can change over time. He talks about how happy couples don’t fixate on negative parts of their relationship. Karney says
Over time, as specific aspects of the relationship change, with some parts becoming more positive and some becoming more negative, the couples who stay happiest overall are the ones who change their beliefs about what is important in their relationships accordingly, deciding that whatever aspects of the marriage have declined must not be so important after all.