“Has my miss sweet tooth been breaking the rules in town today, taking a bite of a macaroon or two” Said Torvald Helmer to his wife Nora (Henrik Ibsen 1) In the book a dolls house by Henrik Ibsen. Is a play about Nora Helmer and Torvald Helmer. Torvald is a bank manager with a perfect reputation and her wife Nora is a housewife with a secret she is hiding. Later in the play nor a secret is revealed and the secret is that she committed fraud by forging her father's signature and at the same time putting her husband’s name and reputation at risk. There are 3 symbols that represent lies and deceit. The macaroon, the mailbox, and the final letter.
The first symbol that represents lies and deceit the macaroon because Torvald does not want Nora to …show more content…
Torvald said: “You don’t feel as if you could believe that I have forgiven you. But it's true, Nora I swear it; I have forgiven you everything” (Henrik Ibsen 64) This is proof that he eats her lied about what he said to Nora before he got the letter or that he did not actually apologize and just lied to make everything go back to …show more content…
All three symbols were involved with lies like Nora telling her husband Torvald that she had not been eating macaroons even though she was just eating them the moment before he asked if she was. There are also many other symbols that represent lies a decent that have not been talked about. These symbols are important because they represent one of the major themes in the play. Although the macaroon, the mailbox, and the final letter I just seem like regular objects they are more than just objects they represent the lies a deceit throughout the play A Doll’s
The first symbol that represents lies and deceit the macaroon because Torvald does not want Nora to …show more content…
Torvald said: “You don’t feel as if you could believe that I have forgiven you. But it's true, Nora I swear it; I have forgiven you everything” (Henrik Ibsen 64) This is proof that he eats her lied about what he said to Nora before he got the letter or that he did not actually apologize and just lied to make everything go back to …show more content…
All three symbols were involved with lies like Nora telling her husband Torvald that she had not been eating macaroons even though she was just eating them the moment before he asked if she was. There are also many other symbols that represent lies a decent that have not been talked about. These symbols are important because they represent one of the major themes in the play. Although the macaroon, the mailbox, and the final letter I just seem like regular objects they are more than just objects they represent the lies a deceit throughout the play A Doll’s