The Objectification Of Nora's Identity

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Nora’s identity is solely based on the beauty that Torvald takes so much pride in. She is his lover and entertainer. Objectification of Nora is a prominent scenario during the acts of the play. Ibsen was trying to point out another way women are victimized in society and marriage. Any human being, especially a wife should be valued for much more than superficial reasons. Nora is aware that the only thing she has use as leverage in her marriage is her beauty, her acknowledgement of this is in Act One, "Yes - someday, perhaps, after many years, when I am no longer as pretty as I am now. Don't laugh at me! I mean, of course, when Torvald is no longer as devoted to me as he is now; when my dancing and dressing-up and reciting have palled on him

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