A Doll House Play Title Meanings

Meanings of Play Titles Authors who choose creative titles to draw in readers in are some of the most creative and intelligent people. Titles require a lot of thought to make them interesting to people. One might even go as far to say that more thought is put in to the title versus the story. While story titles are important play titles are even more important it must draw people in to the theater to watch. Two play titles that are very intriguing are Trifles and a Doll House, because of how they show a small part of the story in just a few words. A Doll House is a play written by Henrik Ibsen and was performed at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879. A Doll House is a play about making choices, throughout the play dozens of choices are made. Nora had to decide whether to do what society tells her to or whether to leave her family. She made a mistake and borrowed money and foraged her dead fathers signature. When she was caught Krogstad tires to use this as leverage to get the job that he wanted. Since jobs were scarce in this time because of the population boom everyone was trying to get jobs that could sustain the
He makes her feel like a child by making her ask him for money and passing judgment when she asks for so much even though he does not know why. Nora lived a privileged life where she did not have any major struggles like Mrs. Linde did. This play is most likely called a Doll House because Nora felt like a doll in her home and in society that everyone else controlled what she did and said. After a while that takes a toll on a person and they feel like everything is crashing down. Thus, in the end Nora left to find herself, which was completely understandable yet at the same time not. She chose to leave a comfortable lifestyle with two wonderful children and a husband who took care of