Fantasy In Henrik Ibsen's A Doll House

At its foundation, a doll house is a mere set in a world created for fantasy. A tool for the creative mind to act out their imaginations. A tool used by children to pass the simple boredom of everyday life. A tool for adults to remain in the nostalgia of happiness before it is all torn apart. A tool that both helps ease the suffering of a hardened facade, and a puts a knife in the users back while cutting the strings between realism, and the unrealistic fantasy that we idolize. The pleasing nature of a doll house is subtle in its treachery, for its unsettling implications of pain. Parents take a world crafted for a new generation and re-title it as a toy, only for it to get broken over the years and their children sit, amused, thoughtful playing in a broken and undervalued existence. A doll house has more than a physical presence, it is the social constructs we build around us. It is made up of gender roles, political agendas, the dreams that were never …show more content…
Like Nora 's childhood, it begins in the early in one 's uprising. Nora 's infatuation with the lifestyle of a doll is slowly, self digesting beast. Her fear of rejection from Torvald know no bounds. Nora show no indication of regret of not mentioning any regrets of with holding the fact that she saved Torvalds life. She kept it in a box, much like when your done with a doll, and kept that knowledge for a rainy day, or when feeling nostalgic. She toys with the idea that she has this power. In world of oppression from her society, her father, her husband, her only way of power is the cloak and dagger approach of blackmail. This fantasy that she forced herself into is full of impractical expectations. How can you expect selfless attitude from a selfish creature. Torvald sees this as a assault on his character and says, “I would gladly work night and day for you, Nora – Bear sorrow and want for your sake. But no man would sacrifice his honor for the one he loves,”