Dolls+House

This story relates to my theme because at some times I struggled, but at other times I did better. I would struggle with things like how to keep up with the story at times whenever I would get confused. At the end though it would be the study guide that was keeping me alive. In the end though I figured out the whole meaning of the story and I brought up my grade really well. One of the symbols that Ibsen used in a Doll’s House is when Nora slams the door. The literal meaning to this is that she stopped the past in her life and moved on to a new. The broader meaning is that she closed off the rest of her life and she is starting a new one. Once she realizes that she can’t live with Torvald anymore she realized that she has been living a lie for a big portion of her life and lived with someone she barely even knew and bore him three children. She found out through experience that she couldn’t live there anymore, moved out, got a job and started a new life. In life at some point you must realize that you have to stop the past, close the door and start anew.

Ibsen uses the masquerade maybe to cover up feelings people have in this play. For Nora she literally tries to cover up lies. Figuratively maybe that is what the masquerade is for like to use the masks to cover up the lies and feelings of the people in the play. Like when Mrs. Linde tells Krogstad she wants to start dating him again. Another example might be how Dr. Rank loves Nora as more than a friend, but he is never able to tell her or anybody else. So I think that the masquerade is just used as a cover up for everyone in the play.

I think that Ibsen uses the letters from the characters symbolizes that you can’t be afraid not to tell somebody something, and that you should just tell them face to face. Literally Rank and Krogstad didn’t have the guts to tell Nora and Torvald that Rank was dying and Krogstad in his letter. Nobody knew that Rank was going to die because he never told anybody, and Torvald didn’t know about Krogstad because he wouldn’t give Torvald the letter. Rank and Krogstad couldn’t step up to the plate and become men. They had to hind behind their letters. So I think that the people made a mere distraction and the letters did the talking.

I think that Ibsen put the Tarantella in the play for one person only and that person is Nora. I think literally that it means that she likes to do things for Torvald. I think broadly it means that she is trying to dance all of the excuses and lies out of herself so she can finally gather up the courage to tell Torvald the truth. When she is dancing around I think she is doing it for her husband. Also so that she can dance everything out of her though. I think it was a good idea to put it in there because this way she could actually try something to stop lying and using excuses.

I think Ibsen put in the macaroons because they show that Nora can’t help herself when it comes to spending money. The literal meaning show that Nora took after her father and all she can do is spend money on things that she likes in the beginning. The broader meaning shows that she thinks money grows on trees and that they will never go broke, but they can. She likes macaroons so she just can’t help herself and she went and bought them behind her husband’s back before he came home and when he finally did she hid them in her pocket. It was a good idea to put them in there I think to show that it’s not good to just keep spending money all the time.

I think Ibsen may have put this part in here to show Nora maybe feel pretty or hide behind her clothes. The literal meaning of the dress was that she wanted to feel pretty and gorgeous. The broader meaning showed that she wanted to hide behind her clothes and feel rich. It was only for a temporary time though since she couldn’t leave the dress on forever. I think the dress was a good idea for the play because it shows some of the things other than spending money that Nora likes to do, plus Helmer liked it too.