A Doll’s House: Nora, Torvald and the Tragic Hero
Henrik Ibsen’s play “A Doll’s House” features many characters, two of which are of great importance and have considerable difference among them. Nora Helmer and her husband Torvald live their lives in such a way that they are oblivious to their true desires and needs in life. Nora, the protagonist of the play, seems naïve and unknowledgeable of the world outside her home. Although she seems joyful, we find out that she is subconsciously unhappy and not as innocent as she seems. In contrast, her husband Torvald is a hard-headed man who believes that a man’s role in marriage is to protect his wife and guide her almost as a father would. By comparing Nora with Torvald, they have many conflicts, and dissimilarities between their attitudes towards each other, which eventually leads to Nora separating from the household, a tragic event for her kids as well as to Torvalds reputation.
Torvald treats Nora as a child by patronizing her and......
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