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A Doll's House
(Nora)
by Henrik Ibsen

Details
Character: Genre: Gender:
Nora Drama Female

Age Range: Category:

30-39 Contemporary

Themes:
Reality, Loss, Life Changes

Scene Synopsis
Disgusted and hurt regarding how Helmer dealt
with the potential blackmail, Nora advises she
is leaving. She no longer loves Helmer and
wonders if he ever loved her or just the idea of
her.

Play Synopsis
Nora has a perfect life on the outside. Doting
husband, loving children and a nice home. But
when decisions she made are revealed, her
world comes crashing down. Nora's lies helped
save her husband's life but his only concern is
what scandal will be brought upon their
household. As her relationships fall victim, Nora
realizes she has been a puppet for too long.

Nora says
You have never loved me. You have only
thought it pleasant to be in love with me. It is
perfectly true, Torvald. When I was at home
with papa, he told me his opinion about
everything, and so I had the same opinions; and
if I differed from him I concealed the fact,
because he would not have liked it. He called
me his doll-child, and he played with me just as
I used to play with my dolls. And when I came
to live with you--I mean that I was simply
transferred from papa's hands into yours. You
arranged everything according to your own
taste, and so I got the same tastes as your else I
pretended to, I am really not quite sure which--I
think sometimes the one and sometimes the
other. When I look back on it, it seems to me as
if I had been living here like a poor woman--just
from hand to mouth. I have existed merely to
perform tricks for you, Torvald. But you would
have it so. You and papa have committed a
great sin against me. It is your fault that I have
made nothing of my life.

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