A Doll's House Analytical Essay
The Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
According to Henrik Ibsen, “the worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority.” In other words, truth and freedom are most times, coined based on what the societal majority want it to be, notwithstanding whether it is right or wrong. Henrik showed this in his drama, “A Doll House.” “A Doll House” includes Torvald Helmer, a lawyer; Nora, his wife; Dr. Rank, Mrs. Linda, Nils Krogstad, Anne-Marie, Helena, a delivery boy and the Helmer’s three children. Initial in the play, everything seems fine and okay in the Helmer family, but as events began to unfold, it became obvious that things were not as fine as initially portrayed. Torvald was initially portrayed as loving husband, but later, as a controlling one, who …show more content…
One of Tovald’s action to maintain control in the public eye, through a petty reason was the reason he fired Krogstad. Initially, he told Nora that the reason he fired Krogstad was because he(Krogstad) was not morally upright but later confided in Nora that the real reason why he fired Krogstad was because Krogstad acts too familiar with him. He complained that he calls him(Torvald) by his first name. Another way Torvald’s actions showed he was weak and petty was at the last scene when he got to know about Nora’s debt and the blackmail that comes with it. In his reaction to the news, he breaks his previous promise to always shield and protect Nora when things go rough, “Do you know that I’ve often wished you were facing some terrible dangers so that I could risk life and limb, risk everything, for your sake?”, but instead, put all the blame on Nora and called her abusive names Dr. Rank also bolsters Torvalds childish character by telling Nora about his sickness and approaching death, but also insisted that Nora doesn't tell Torvald because Torvald ”doesn’t take ugly things too
According to Henrik Ibsen, “the worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority.” In other words, truth and freedom are most times, coined based on what the societal majority want it to be, notwithstanding whether it is right or wrong. Henrik showed this in his drama, “A Doll House.” “A Doll House” includes Torvald Helmer, a lawyer; Nora, his wife; Dr. Rank, Mrs. Linda, Nils Krogstad, Anne-Marie, Helena, a delivery boy and the Helmer’s three children. Initial in the play, everything seems fine and okay in the Helmer family, but as events began to unfold, it became obvious that things were not as fine as initially portrayed. Torvald was initially portrayed as loving husband, but later, as a controlling one, who …show more content…
One of Tovald’s action to maintain control in the public eye, through a petty reason was the reason he fired Krogstad. Initially, he told Nora that the reason he fired Krogstad was because he(Krogstad) was not morally upright but later confided in Nora that the real reason why he fired Krogstad was because Krogstad acts too familiar with him. He complained that he calls him(Torvald) by his first name. Another way Torvald’s actions showed he was weak and petty was at the last scene when he got to know about Nora’s debt and the blackmail that comes with it. In his reaction to the news, he breaks his previous promise to always shield and protect Nora when things go rough, “Do you know that I’ve often wished you were facing some terrible dangers so that I could risk life and limb, risk everything, for your sake?”, but instead, put all the blame on Nora and called her abusive names Dr. Rank also bolsters Torvalds childish character by telling Nora about his sickness and approaching death, but also insisted that Nora doesn't tell Torvald because Torvald ”doesn’t take ugly things too