Character Of Nora in A Doll's House
Nora is the protagonist of the play "A Doll's house". She is married to Torvald Helmer having three children. Like an "ideal" wife, she loves and takes great care of her bossy husband and her children. She ignores her personal needs to ensure her family's comforts. She is naive and childlike and her husband frequently calls her words like "little person", "little squirrel". Torvald criticises her for extravagance which she never does. She took great pains to save husband's life and it cost her her marriage with Torvald.
Besides being childish, she is an imaginative sort of person. She fancies jokingly that a wealthy suitor would allocate a part of his fortune to her after his death and she could pay the debt he took for her husband's sake. Mrs, Linde perceived this fancy of her as a real fact.
Nora is like a usual wife who dedicates her life to the family. Her personal wishes take a toll at the cost of the cozy life of the family members. To pay for Torvald's recovery visit to Italy, she did sorts of works like "needlework, crochet-work, embroidery". Moreover, she toiled hard in the job of copywriting to earn money. She never gets credit for what she does for the family. Torvald controls her life by taking her decision, e.g. he prohibits her to eat sweets which she really likes. He loves her unarguably but not more than his reputation in the society. Torvald's dominant and indifferent treatment of her led to her unprecedented act of leaving him.
Only do we witness her complete change in her character when she has a quarrel with Torvald after Krogstad's blackmailing game. After Torvald got the bond document from Krogstad, he took the sigh of relief. He tells Nora that he forgive her but his lack of empathy has affected Nora deep down in her heart. She decides to leave him as he is now a stranger to her and it is absurd to live with a stranger.
Besides being childish, she is an imaginative sort of person. She fancies jokingly that a wealthy suitor would allocate a part of his fortune to her after his death and she could pay the debt he took for her husband's sake. Mrs, Linde perceived this fancy of her as a real fact.
Nora is like a usual wife who dedicates her life to the family. Her personal wishes take a toll at the cost of the cozy life of the family members. To pay for Torvald's recovery visit to Italy, she did sorts of works like "needlework, crochet-work, embroidery". Moreover, she toiled hard in the job of copywriting to earn money. She never gets credit for what she does for the family. Torvald controls her life by taking her decision, e.g. he prohibits her to eat sweets which she really likes. He loves her unarguably but not more than his reputation in the society. Torvald's dominant and indifferent treatment of her led to her unprecedented act of leaving him.
Only do we witness her complete change in her character when she has a quarrel with Torvald after Krogstad's blackmailing game. After Torvald got the bond document from Krogstad, he took the sigh of relief. He tells Nora that he forgive her but his lack of empathy has affected Nora deep down in her heart. She decides to leave him as he is now a stranger to her and it is absurd to live with a stranger.