Nora’s Relationship with Torvald Essay -- A Dolls House Relationships

Noras Relationship with TorvaldThe drastic alter in Noras relationship with Torvald that occursduring the course of the play is do quite evident by what she saysand the way she delivers her speech. At the beginning of the play Noraseems completely happy with her doll-like relationship with Torvald.She responds affectionately to Torvalds teasing and plays along withhim if you only knew what expenses we skylarks and squirrels have,Torvald. She is quite happy to be Torvalds little featherbrain.However, as the play continues, Nora starts to realise that hermarriage has been a performance and that she needs her own freedom.She becomes more rebellious, starts to use the imperative with Torvaldand somewhat abandons her girlish language. As the play reaches itsend, Nora becomes totally independent from Torvald and talks to himfrom equal to equal, not daughter to father.At the beginning of the play, Noras relationship with Torvald seemsthat of a child with her father. She is patronised, c alled a littlesquirrel, a skylark and accused of existence a spendthrift becauseshe cant save money although she seems quite happy to be called so asshe doesnt complain about it and even plays along - when Torvald saysscampering about like a little squirrel? she just answers yesinstead of complaining about being treated like a little girl. WhenTorvald asks her what do they call little birds who are always makingmoney fly? she answers yes, I know, spendthrifts as if she had beentaught that lesson galore(postnominal) times because she is so childish that shekeeps on making the same mistake. She never contradicts her husband very well, Torvald, if you say so asks for his approval like a... ...and that its nogood your forbidding me anything any longer because she has freedherself. By the end of the play Nora has her own voice, not Torvalds,she is no longer his doll that will do any(prenominal) he asks to please him,no longer his little skylark and not the wife for you.Over the cours e of the play, the alteration in Noras relationshipwith Torvald is made evident by the change in the way she speaks. Atthe beginning, she is his little squirrel, a childish featherbrainthat is pampered and patronised by Torvald. The various turning pointsin the action, where Nora starts to change the way she speaks, usingthe imperative and contradicting Torvald start to show the change inthe relationship that is completed by the end of the play, when Noratalks clearly to Torvald from equal to equal, having a voice of herown, no longer his doll.