Throughout ‘A dolls house’ Ibsen makes extensive use of symbolism. A variety of symbols/ He uses locks and doors, the tarentella dance and the christmas tree are used to/to establish the key themes of oppression and claustrophobia in the play. The symbols are representative of Nora's lack of freedom in her home and Torvalds controlling nature.Ibsen successfully challenges traditional 19th centuary Norwegian viewpoints concerning the position of women pushing the idea that a husband and wife should live as equals.
Set in a patriachal society, where it was believed that a womans’ main role was to be a housewife with the duty to serve her husband Ibsen uses a realistic style of drama to create an opressed atmosphere. which ibsen symbolises …show more content…
The locked mailbox represents Torvald as a controlling husband, only he has access to the mailbox as he is the only keyholder . The fact that Torvald will not allow Nora to read the mail shows his contol over her and is keeping her from the outside/wider world. This is because Nora is a woman Ibsen does this to emphasise the lack of freedom N ora and 19th centuary norwegien women face.
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Towards the end of the play when the letter box is opened it seems to free Nora from the opression she had been facing, once opened the the truth comes out/Nora sees sense/Nora realises shee can no longer live the way she has been living therefore the lock symbolises Noras entrapment and secracy/lies that she is freed from when the lock is opened
Similarly,Torvald’s study is a private room that Nora is never given entry to
"Someone has been at the lock. What can it mean? I should never have thought the maid -- here is a broken hairpin. Nora it is one of …show more content…
At the beginning of Act Two, we are told by the stage directions that "The Christmas Tree is stripped of its ornaments and with burnt-down candle-ends on its disheveled branches" The stage directions then follow up with "[Nora] is alone in the room, walking about uneasily" This symbolises Nora’s current stressful (money) situation with Krogsdad (+quote) Just as Noras life is crumbling/falling apart so is the tree.On the other hand you could also interpret the tree's state as symbolic of Nora's disintegrating web of lies. The pretty decorations that Nora used to cover up her deceit are falling
Set in a patriachal society, where it was believed that a womans’ main role was to be a housewife with the duty to serve her husband Ibsen uses a realistic style of drama to create an opressed atmosphere. which ibsen symbolises …show more content…
The locked mailbox represents Torvald as a controlling husband, only he has access to the mailbox as he is the only keyholder . The fact that Torvald will not allow Nora to read the mail shows his contol over her and is keeping her from the outside/wider world. This is because Nora is a woman Ibsen does this to emphasise the lack of freedom N ora and 19th centuary norwegien women face.
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Towards the end of the play when the letter box is opened it seems to free Nora from the opression she had been facing, once opened the the truth comes out/Nora sees sense/Nora realises shee can no longer live the way she has been living therefore the lock symbolises Noras entrapment and secracy/lies that she is freed from when the lock is opened
Similarly,Torvald’s study is a private room that Nora is never given entry to
"Someone has been at the lock. What can it mean? I should never have thought the maid -- here is a broken hairpin. Nora it is one of …show more content…
At the beginning of Act Two, we are told by the stage directions that "The Christmas Tree is stripped of its ornaments and with burnt-down candle-ends on its disheveled branches" The stage directions then follow up with "[Nora] is alone in the room, walking about uneasily" This symbolises Nora’s current stressful (money) situation with Krogsdad (+quote) Just as Noras life is crumbling/falling apart so is the tree.On the other hand you could also interpret the tree's state as symbolic of Nora's disintegrating web of lies. The pretty decorations that Nora used to cover up her deceit are falling