Entry nº 35

Review. A doll`s house

The play A doll`s house exposses the internal changes of its characters and the most important is the process of changing through which Nora Helmer passes.
At the beginning, Nora is described as a childlike woman that behaves like this to have the approval of her husband and her father as well as the rest of the society. But at the end she revels who she really is, she is a courageous woman that is capable of doing anything out of love.
Following the same plot structure the author lets an open ending, in this way all depends on the possible change of Torvald Helmer, Nora`s husband. If he changes his way of thinking and his beliefs and if he accepts his wife in the way she is, there will be a happy ending for their marriage. But if he is not able to manage this situation they will never be together again.
On the one hand the author highlights the importance of true love. At the beginning Nora`s love for Torvald made her do things that led her to break the law, and he claimed to love her most than anything else and he swore he would die for her. But when he knew her fault, he placed on the side of the law and he judged and rejected her.
And on the other hand the author wants to make us realize that love is not enough to be happy, especially for a married couple. We need respect, we need to be loved in the way we are and to be treated as equals.