A Dolls House-characterchanges

Title: A Dolls House-characterchanges
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 744 | Pages: 3.2 (approximately 235 words/page)

A Dolls House-characterchanges

The Unreliability of Appearances The opening line of the play A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen is “Hide that Christmas tree away, Helen, the children mustn’t see it before I’ve decorated it this evening” (1072) by Nora. This sets the tone of the play, which is concealing the raw truth until it is decorated to perfection. This is a common theme of the play, practiced by all of the main characters. As one …showed first 75 words of 744 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 744 total…important. Over the course of the play, the characters’ appearances prove to be misleading masks that cover the reality of the play’s characters and situations. Nora changes from a mindless plaything to an intelligent, brave woman; Torvald changes from a strong, dominant husband to a petty, selfish man; and Krogstad changes from a manipulative bottom-feeder to a sympathetic lover. These transformations illustrate one of the major themes of the play- the unreliability of appearances.

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