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A Doll's Dream In A Doll's House, Henrik Ibsen ponders the image of maturity. The character of Helmer believes that people who commit crimes or acts of injustice are the results of having a bad mother for a role model. Ironically, the play proves this false, as it points to Helmer as a large part of Nora's problems. Nora's father and her husband play domineering roles in her life. They both treat her as an adolescent child, not capable of facing the world by herself. Nora lives and grows in a closed environment, making maturity difficult to obtain. Little does Nora or anyone else know that deep down inside her lies a seed of great maturity, covered by strangling weeds and flowers of her carefree childhood (Salome 43), just waiting to bloom. Obstacles and roadblocks in Nora's life may delay but not prevent her maturity. Early in Nora's life, the great seed of maturity plants itself and waits to bloom. As a very young girl, Nora must deal with the death of her mother. Suddenly a widower, her father is responsible for raising a young girl. Unknowingly, he is perhaps ill prepared to raise a child. He spoils and treats her always as a child. Therefore, Nora grows only in age and body (Salome 42). Nora's father forces her, without question, to accept his points of views towards life, such as religion, law, and even human behavior (Le Gallienne xvi). Nora, never able to listen to a serious word from anyone (Boyeson 213) and never able to meet the world face-to-face (213), believes she lives in a fantasy world. As a young woman, Nora marries Helmer. This gift, this love offering of a husband who towers so highly and greatly above her, who offers her the protection of a father, overwhelms Nora (Salome 43). Little does Nora realize that she only moves from a small dollhouse to a larger one and gains three live cherished dolls instead of her childhood plastic dolls (42). As Nora settles into her new dollhouse with a new husband who promises to love and cherish her, she soon finds that she has simply moved from her father's hands into Helmer's shaping hands.
Approximate Word count = 1379
Approximate Pages = 5.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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