Essay on Lies and Self-realization in A Dolls House -- Dolls House es

Lies and Self-realization in A razzings Ho phthisis In Ibsens play, A Dolls post, the characters willingly exist in a none of deceit or inadequate truth that conceals conflict. noneas self-reliant nature is in contradiction in terms to the tyrannical authority of Torvald. This conflict is concealed by the way they both hide their true selves from society, each other, and ultimately themselves. Just like Nora and Torvald, all(prenominal) character in this play is trapped in a situation of untruth. A Dolls House, can be misinterpreted as simply an onset on the religious values of Ibsens society. While this is certainly an important looking of the play, it is not, however, Ibsens main sign. A Dolls House established a method Ibsen would use to convey his views about individuality and the pursuit of social freedom. The characters of A Dolls House display Henrik Ibsens belief that although people have a natural craving for freedom, they often do not act upon this desire unt il a soul or event forces them to do so. Readers can be quick to point out that Noras change was gradual and marked by several incidents. A more critical look reveals these gradual changes are actually not changes at all, but small revelations for the reader to see Noras true independent nature. These incidents also allow the reader to see this nature has been tucked out-of-the-way(prenominal) under a facade of a happy and simple wife. In the first act, she admits to Christine that she will dance and dress up and play the scud to keep Torvald happy (Ibsen). This was Ibsens way of telling the reader Nora had a out of sight personality that was more serious and controlling. He wants the reader to realize that Nora was not the fool she allows herself to be seen as. ... ...in A Dolls House is the importance of the individual and the chase for self-realization. Works Cited Brunsdale, Mitzi. Herik Ibsen. Critical Survey of Drama. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Englewood Cliffs, NJ Salem ha le 1986. pg982. Clurman, Harold. Ibsen. Macmillan, 1977, pg223. Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Sharon K. Hall. Vol. 8. Detroit Gale, 1982. pg154. Heiberg, Hans. 1967. Ibsen. A Portrait of the Artist. Coral Gables, Florida University of Miami. Ibsen, Henrik. A Dolls House. Perrines Literature. Forth Worth Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1998. pp. 967-1023 Shaw, Bernard. A Dolls House Again. The Saturday Review, London, Vol. 83, No. 2168, May 15, 1897 539-541. Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Sharon K. Hall. Vol. 8. Detroit Gale, 1982. pg.143.