The Motif of nicknames and their Importance to the understanding of the relationship between Nora and Torvald.
Throughout the 19th century women were belittled by men and treated as inferiors. Men were believed to be superior and of higher standard, while women were treated as inferior or property instead of human beings. The motif of nicknames in the play A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen demonstrates its effect on the understanding of the relationship between Nora and Torvald. Through this, we can understand their treatment of each other and their views by society with the use of the pet names Torvald gives Nora. These pet names include spendthrift, skylark and squirrel.
Throughout the play, Torvald calls Nora nicknames of small woodland creatures or inferior terms. Torvald is belittling Nora by using these nicknames. They are his way of oppressing Nora and containing her as a beautiful woman that serves only to raise and give him children. He also has a belief of her to be unintelligent with no understanding of debt or truly how the world works, believing she would never survive without him. He believed she is a “spendthrift” who only wastes his …show more content…
They are also his way to say words of endearment, but yet at the same time they treat Nora as an inferior. Through the motif of nicknames in the play A Doll 's House, Ibsen demonstrated the effect it had on the understanding of the relationship between Nora and Torvald. Through this, we were able to understand the views of Torvald and the truth of the character Nora, as well as how they contradicted. With the use of the nicknames spendthrift, skylark, and squirrel, we are able to witness the effect they had on each other, mostly the effect that Torvald had on Nora. Their treatment of each other was also influenced by society 's opinion and affected their personal judgment of how they could be ideal
Throughout the 19th century women were belittled by men and treated as inferiors. Men were believed to be superior and of higher standard, while women were treated as inferior or property instead of human beings. The motif of nicknames in the play A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen demonstrates its effect on the understanding of the relationship between Nora and Torvald. Through this, we can understand their treatment of each other and their views by society with the use of the pet names Torvald gives Nora. These pet names include spendthrift, skylark and squirrel.
Throughout the play, Torvald calls Nora nicknames of small woodland creatures or inferior terms. Torvald is belittling Nora by using these nicknames. They are his way of oppressing Nora and containing her as a beautiful woman that serves only to raise and give him children. He also has a belief of her to be unintelligent with no understanding of debt or truly how the world works, believing she would never survive without him. He believed she is a “spendthrift” who only wastes his …show more content…
They are also his way to say words of endearment, but yet at the same time they treat Nora as an inferior. Through the motif of nicknames in the play A Doll 's House, Ibsen demonstrated the effect it had on the understanding of the relationship between Nora and Torvald. Through this, we were able to understand the views of Torvald and the truth of the character Nora, as well as how they contradicted. With the use of the nicknames spendthrift, skylark, and squirrel, we are able to witness the effect they had on each other, mostly the effect that Torvald had on Nora. Their treatment of each other was also influenced by society 's opinion and affected their personal judgment of how they could be ideal