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Term Paper Title	Although I Really Enjoyed Reading A Dolls House By Henrik Ibsen, I Also Found Th
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Although I really enjoyed  reading A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, I also found this play to be very frustrating. Although Nora's relationship with her husband was to be expected during the time it was written, it annoyed me anyway.  Throughout the play it was apparent that Torvald did love Nora, but only in the way that one would love his prized possession.  Nora was his trophy, nothing more.  He enjoyed playing house with her and loved having his perfect wife in his perfect house with their perfect children, and he loved her as deeply as he could understand the word, but I do not believe he truly loved Nora.  I do not think his feelings could ever reach that depth, no matter how hard he tried.  I think the point when I completely like the character of Nora and stop getting upset with her is when she finally sees that her life and marriage really are just a good façade.  When Nora learns this, she tells her husband, "You've never loved me, you've only found it pleasant to be in love with me."  I also think that Nora perfectly describes what her marriage actually is toward the end of the play, when she tells Torvald, "…our home has been nothing but a play-room.  I've been your doll-wife here, just as at home I was Papa's doll-child.  And the children have been my dolls in their turn.  I liked it when you came and played with me, just as they liked  it when I came and played with them.  That's what our marriage has been Torvald."
     I think that it is at this point that Nora's world transforms from a "doll's house" into reality.  After having finished this play, I think that Ibsen had chosen the perfect title, for Nora's world was truly reflective of the title.  I also feel that Ibsen foreshadowed the end cleverly when he had Nora tell her husband about the Christmas presents she bought for the children.  She tells Torvald, "…and here's a doll and a doll's bed for Emmy.  They're rather plain, but soon she'll smash them to bits anyway."  Since Nora is referred to as a doll in this play, the quote leads the reader to assume that her life as she knows it will soon be drastically changed.
     Also, in the play, Torvald does not treat Nora as a person who has her own mind, thoughts, opinion and free-will; he treats her as his little doll.  He feels that he is the only one in the household capable of making decisions, no matter how small they are, and Nora pl...

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