Toqa Hosam 11T

Sunday, 8, January, 2012

English Language and Literature SL

A Dolls House Written task


Dear Torvald,

Greetings Torvald, I wanted to write you this letter to express my feelings and
to fully rationalize to you why I left you. I hope you still know that this letter doesnt
change anything I previously said, I will not come back and you are not allowed to
write me back. I just thought that you and my children need and deserve an
explanation on the details of why exactly I departed other than madly rushing through
the door like that, so lets start shall we?

I believe you know why I left even though you might be in denial, which is
what this letter is for; its to assure your considerations. First of all, you are a man that
is financially stable and considered to be in the high social class, and add handsome to
that and so that results in a perfect and ideal husband. I truly believed you were my
perfect husband at the time we got married. I felt it was a dream come true. Even
though I was a grown adult when I married you, I guess I hadnt matured yet. As I
matured I started to see the bad areas of this marriage, and I discovered that you are
not the perfect husband for me, but youre the perfect husband to the society. I know
that you were unaware of that I got sincerely bothered by they way you treated me in.
But I am also aware that this behavior is very common in our society and that is why
you might have not even known they were insulting And for that, I am writing to alert
you with the wrongness of these acts and maybe after Im done, youll never treat a
woman the same why I was treated. Not even the next wife you have, that is, if you
have one.

You treated me in a way that suggested that I was very self-indulgent, almost
child-like in fact. You forbid me from eating foods that you thought would make me
fat just like what my mother did to me as a child, the same exact scenario You forbid
me from having any responsibility of anything but the house and the kids even if I
wanted. You never ask me to cook, clean, buy groceries, or take care of the children,
you just expect to go home to a well prepared dinner, with the kids bathed and done
with their homework, and a well dressed wife waiting for you on the dinning room
table. Not only that, but the part that killed me the most is that you never even said
thank you, Like this was the job I was brought to earth to do, and I had no other
choice, and that I dont deserve an appreciation. It was almost like I was a doll and
you were pulling the strings and making me do whatever you wanted me to do
whenever you wanted me to do it. I am aware of your intentions, Torvald. I know that
you did these things in order to comfort me. But this is just not what I want. I want
responsibility. I want independence. Torvald, I dont want a man with me anymore. I
apologize Torvald if this is harsh, but as a matured I realized that I dont love you
anymore and maybe the reason I got married to you from the very first place was my
young adventurous self.

As for the children, they are my sweethearts and just like any mother, I love
them more than anything in the whole entire universe. Everyday I think about them
and how much I miss them and I cry myself to sleep, but I had to leave them. I didnt
know where Id go when I left, I didnt know if Ill be able to have a good job, a nice
home, good money, or if Ill live on the streets. I didnt know if Ill be able to give
them a better life than the one you can give them, and for that reason Torvald, I left
the children. I wish I can see them again one day, see them safe and happy going on
with there, hopefully, bright-filled and successful life. I wish you could fulfill that one
wish for me, that last thing I want from you, just take care of them Torvald and prove
to me that you are a well qualified father, unlike you being a husband.

I wish you a good life Torvald and that you find yourself a woman that you
love and that loves you back. Id also like to ask you a favor Show this letter to the
children when they are old enough so they wouldnt hate me so much, just the part
about them of course, they dont have to know about our problems, and give them
indirect advice about the mistakes both of us committed so theyd learn from them.
Again Torvald, nothing had changed by me sending you this letter, I dont love you
anymore, and Im not coming back to that dolls house again. I will not write a return
address on this letter, and please Torvald dont try and figure out where I live or try
and write back because I wont even open the letter. Im done with this phase of my
life and moved on. I will not give you any information about my new life, as I dont
want to deliver to you the indirect and false message that you are a part of that new
life. Trust me this is better for both of us; I wish you could see that one day.

Have a nice life Torvald.

Sincerely, Nora

This written task is a letter based on part 3, A Dolls House. My aim was to
write a letter from Nora to Torvald after she left him at the very end of the play. I
chose to write a letter because it seemed realistic enough, and includes the characters
feelings within the words in the letter. Also it is more suitable for the time frame set
for this book to send letters rather than communicating by other means.
I chose the letter to be sent specifically from Nora to Torvald because Nora
was the one who acted in a way that deserved an explanation later on. Even though
she was the victim of society, she was still the one who ran out the door leaving her
hurt husband and kids behind and they deserved an explanation on why she did that.
And the reason why she wrote it was because even though she left, theres always a
part of her thats nostalgic to her husband and old life.
The statement You forbid me from eating foods that you thought would make
me fat just like what my mother did to me when I was a child, the same exact way
suggests that Nora was not only oppressed by her husband, but also by her mother as
a child. She was a victim of society all her life, which explains her being fed up and
just leaving without explaining.
I dont love you anymore was written more than once to emphasize her
point and also to show how shes thinking about it involuntarily.
I used several different paragraphs in the written task to show how Nora had a
lot of points to tell Torvald and because they overwhelmed her, they were not
strategically structured. She also used casual language, as this is not a formal letter.