Examples Of Foreshadowing In A Doll's House By Ibsen

To begin with, every human face problems with themselves to find their meaning of self. Most do not struggle with that, but others do which causes them to suffer through life. In “A Doll’s House”, Henrix Ibsen uses literary devices such as foreshadowing, symbolism, and deception to explain how each character faces the unreliability of appearances. The literary element that Ibsen uses is foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is “to suggest the happening of a future event” that will occur later in the story ("Foreshadow"). In the play, it stated that Nora was lying towards her husband, Torvald. “Hasn’t she even nibbled a macaroon or two?” was the question that Torvald had asked her (Ibsen). Nora has eaten a macaroon, but the fact that she lied in front of her husband’s face, indicates that the way …show more content…
When one lies, it shows that one is becoming rebellious, since one does not want to take in commands from someone. Ibsen makes the macaroons represent sin as a bittersweet taste to her, since she enjoys the sweetness of them, yet she is forbidden to eat them giving her an immoral conscience. This foreshadows how she is willing to stand up for herself and live without her husband. Now that she disobeys him, she feels that she can handle things on her own. Ibsen proves to the readers that a woman is not a maid to do what a man tells her what to do. Nora went from being an angelic obedient person to a someone who manipulates and becomes an independent person. However, Ibsen displays symbolism meaning something that means more than what it is. Ibsen brings out a Christmas tree in the beginning. It tells us that the play takes in place