A Doll's House: Nora's Quest for Justice
Nora's Quest for Justice
In Henrik Ibsen's, A Doll's House, Nora struggles to achieve justice and her rightful place as a woman, mother, and wife, despite the hardships and mistreatment of her husband Torvald and her father. Throughout Nora's life, she has faced hardships in order to survive as a normal person because of the mistreatment she received from the two men in life she ever loved; her father and her husband. The mistreatment of Nora's father and husband has caused Nora to become and be an extremely weak individual. Nora is fearful to live the way she wants to because she no longer has an identity of her own. Despite the hardships and mistreatment Nora encounters, she still has extreme hubris. She wants everyone to recognize and believe that she is living a joyous and wealthy life. In search for Nora's rightful place as a wife, mother, and woman, she must also search for her quest for justice. "[ ] When her image of herself and her domestic life is shattered she does what she feels she must to become a true person." (Clurman154) Nora encounters many struggles in achieving justice and finding her rightful place in society.
Throughout Nora's life, she has been mistreated and viewed as a doll not as a human. "Nora's father, it transpires, an irresponsible spendthrift, brought her up with no sense of social obligations or serious thought for the morrow, while her husband, finding her a delightful companion like this, did nothing to repair the omission and treated her with a playfulness of a teen not a mother." (Beerbohm147) As a result, Nora realizes that she has been mistreated and treated unfairly. "Nora, however, protests that she has been treated unfairly in being denied the opportunity to participate in her marriage and in society as an informed adult." (Gosse219) Torvald and Nora's father both viewed Nora as if she could not make decisions on her own. "The transformation from her carefree days as a girl to marriage meant no more to her
In Henrik Ibsen's, A Doll's House, Nora struggles to achieve justice and her rightful place as a woman, mother, and wife, despite the hardships and mistreatment of her husband Torvald and her father. Throughout Nora's life, she has faced hardships in order to survive as a normal person because of the mistreatment she received from the two men in life she ever loved; her father and her husband. The mistreatment of Nora's father and husband has caused Nora to become and be an extremely weak individual. Nora is fearful to live the way she wants to because she no longer has an identity of her own. Despite the hardships and mistreatment Nora encounters, she still has extreme hubris. She wants everyone to recognize and believe that she is living a joyous and wealthy life. In search for Nora's rightful place as a wife, mother, and woman, she must also search for her quest for justice. "[ ] When her image of herself and her domestic life is shattered she does what she feels she must to become a true person." (Clurman154) Nora encounters many struggles in achieving justice and finding her rightful place in society.
Throughout Nora's life, she has been mistreated and viewed as a doll not as a human. "Nora's father, it transpires, an irresponsible spendthrift, brought her up with no sense of social obligations or serious thought for the morrow, while her husband, finding her a delightful companion like this, did nothing to repair the omission and treated her with a playfulness of a teen not a mother." (Beerbohm147) As a result, Nora realizes that she has been mistreated and treated unfairly. "Nora, however, protests that she has been treated unfairly in being denied the opportunity to participate in her marriage and in society as an informed adult." (Gosse219) Torvald and Nora's father both viewed Nora as if she could not make decisions on her own. "The transformation from her carefree days as a girl to marriage meant no more to her