The light, dress, Christmas tree, Macaroon, New Years, Skylark and the never altering setting reveal characteristics about Nora that ultimately leads to her her the inability of her being controlled. Props and details about the setting affect Nora's actions because each contribute to each aspect of her life. Each of these props show that Nora was looked at as a doll and a human with flaws.
In a typical doll house, the doll is being controlled. The doll is dressed and undressed. Nora was given a dress to wear by Torvald showing that he was being the one who controlled Nora. The dress was looked at as casual thing until she started to bring attention to it through her actions before wearing the dress and afterwards. However, in the end, Nora …show more content…
In Act 1, Nora wanted to spend a lot of money on Christmas. Therefore, Torvald called her a "spendthrift"(2).. She started to shy away from those actions and become more of a mother as the text went on but she didn’t shy away from making the wrong decision time after time. She made decisions that hurt her family and hurt herself, showing that she was not capable of making decisions for herself. She was seen as a money feign and she could not control herself. This contributed to her as a character in the book and a human being not a doll. The nickname “spendthrift” came from actions such as the attitude and perception Nora had of christmas when she kept trying to spend money and not take care of her priorities. Even though it seemed as if Nora was an innocent person, she started to do things that would negatively affect her role in her family’s life and ultimately conclude her position in their …show more content…
Even though according to her husband those were bad for her and she did not want her to even eat those. Torvald ask Nora “not even a little nibble?’’(3). He says things like this to make Nora feel bad and stop eating the macaroons. This is significant because at the beginning of the text, she used these foods to express herself. She expressed herself through a lot of things at the beginning of the text. That started to change as the story went on, which led to a characteristic change as the play progressed.
The common idea for New Years is changing yourself. Although it wasn’t present in the text as much, it still remained a factor. At the beginning of the text, it was christmas time. Then came New Years. It seemed as if Nora started to make changes in her life around this time period. After this holiday, Nora started to be more a different person. Her actions changed and her character changed. She was not as family oriented as before, she started flirting with Rank, and she started to be discouraged about everything. This shows her progression as a human in the
In a typical doll house, the doll is being controlled. The doll is dressed and undressed. Nora was given a dress to wear by Torvald showing that he was being the one who controlled Nora. The dress was looked at as casual thing until she started to bring attention to it through her actions before wearing the dress and afterwards. However, in the end, Nora …show more content…
In Act 1, Nora wanted to spend a lot of money on Christmas. Therefore, Torvald called her a "spendthrift"(2).. She started to shy away from those actions and become more of a mother as the text went on but she didn’t shy away from making the wrong decision time after time. She made decisions that hurt her family and hurt herself, showing that she was not capable of making decisions for herself. She was seen as a money feign and she could not control herself. This contributed to her as a character in the book and a human being not a doll. The nickname “spendthrift” came from actions such as the attitude and perception Nora had of christmas when she kept trying to spend money and not take care of her priorities. Even though it seemed as if Nora was an innocent person, she started to do things that would negatively affect her role in her family’s life and ultimately conclude her position in their …show more content…
Even though according to her husband those were bad for her and she did not want her to even eat those. Torvald ask Nora “not even a little nibble?’’(3). He says things like this to make Nora feel bad and stop eating the macaroons. This is significant because at the beginning of the text, she used these foods to express herself. She expressed herself through a lot of things at the beginning of the text. That started to change as the story went on, which led to a characteristic change as the play progressed.
The common idea for New Years is changing yourself. Although it wasn’t present in the text as much, it still remained a factor. At the beginning of the text, it was christmas time. Then came New Years. It seemed as if Nora started to make changes in her life around this time period. After this holiday, Nora started to be more a different person. Her actions changed and her character changed. She was not as family oriented as before, she started flirting with Rank, and she started to be discouraged about everything. This shows her progression as a human in the