As the play begins, Torvald instantaneously demonstrates the incessant need to keep Nora beneath him and prevents her from amounting to anything as a person. “Is that my little lark twittering out there?” (Ibsen 1246). His choice of using the word ‘my’ shows his ownership that he holds over Nora. Tolvard is not a bad husband, but he simply treats Nora as a child and refuses to let her grow up. By claiming her as his, acting as if she is his own personal doll, Torvald does not allow Nora to act on her own thoughts and
