A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen Character Analysis

Henrik Ibsen is one of the most respected literary writers. He is known for producing of classic texts which go along very well with his audience. One of his several texts is, “Doll’s House.” Doll’s House opens on Christmas Eve (Otten). One character named Nora Helmer enters her room which is well furnished and it acts as the setting of the entire play. She comes with several packages. Her husband is named Torvald Helmer and he comes out of his study when he hears her arrive. He is happy as he greets her playfully and with great joy. After that he reveals that he is upset with her for spending a lot of money on buying Christmas gifts. The conversation that they hold here reveals that Helmers has had to be careful with money for several years …show more content…
As she is revealed from the beginning, she is mainly satisfied with her living place which is her house. It is, therefore, her home. But as she comes to conclude later, it has been a house, a cage that she has all along lived in and a plaything until her expectations of an act of sacrifice by her husband, what she prefers to call “miracle” but it refuses to happen. When she is hopeless and confused about her value and place her respect and dignity from her husband she comes to realize that her husband has been treating her like a child treats a doll. She gets the feeling of the home that has been like the doll’s house.

In conclusion, Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen is a symbolic title whose meaning can be derived from a close reading of the text. Nora comes out as the doll from the way in which she is treated by her father and later by her husband. She is treated like a delicate child merely making her a doll. Nora bears the feeling that what she thinks of being a home has just been like the doll’s house. This is actually the meaning of the title. The title, Doll’s House, is thus a very appropriate title which is also reflective of the theme of the