Doll House Discussion

In Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll House the opening and closing scenes helped drive the focus of the play. The opening scene was a description of Nora and Torvald's lavish home. The opening scene of A Doll's House is preceded by a description of a room in the house in which the two main characters, Nora and Torvald live. "A comfortable room, tastefully but not expensively furnished". This description represents the Helmers' place in society. They are middle class, not extremely wealthy, but with enough money to survive comfortably on. Middle class society in Norway in this time was quite patriarchal. There were strict social edicts about a woman being a good wife and mother. Women who tried to find independence, or were forced to work like Nora's best friend Mrs Linde, were often seen as lesser beings. This first setting description sets the scene for the entire play and supports the controversial main theme of the play, Nora's rebellion against this rigid society in her final decision to leave her husband when she realizes she needs to make something of herself and find independence. The closing scene of Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll House ends with Nora leaving Torvald and slamming the door shut when she leaves the doll house. The closing scene of A Doll House is significant, because it ends the false reality that is the doll house. Nora and her husband Torvald's life together was false and was never serious. Torvald only loved the idea of loving Nora and he never treated her seriously. He treated Nora as if she was an child that did not know any better. After Nora finally had a serious talk with her husband of eight years, she realized that she was living in a false reality for all these years. She was living in a doll house that masked reality. After Nora decides that she want to get away from the doll house, she ends her fantasy world with a quick slam of the door, which ended Nora and Torvald's false marriage. The closing scene left the readers uncertain about Nora's fate as she is leaving her husband and children without any money or with any job lined up for her. Furthermore, Nora does not even have a home that she can stay in, which makes the closing scene full of questions about her fate. But, since Nora is trying to escape the doll house and is trying to grow up, she potentially has an optimistic future.

                                                                                                      

A Dolls house discussion

In Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House Nora's actions shows that she is very immature. When Kristine tells Nora about her troubles, Nora immediately brags about Torvald's new promotion, her wonderful kids, and her fantastic life; this shows that Nora is an inconsiderate person. Rather than worry about her long time friend that is going through a rough time, Nora is happy and proud while boasting about how nice her life is. Furthermore, Nora played with Dr.Rank's feelings for a long time. She was frequently alone with him and eventually Dr.Rank confessed his love for Nora, but Nora immediately crushed his feelings. Nora treated Dr.Rank as a toy and was very inconsiderate towards him, which showed that she was very immature and insensitive. Also, Nora treated her children like dolls. She allowed the nanny to take care of them, but liked to play with them and dress them up like dolls. Basically she let the nanny raise the children and only used the children as a source of entertainment; this showed a lack of responsibility on Nora's part and makes her seem very immature. In addition, Nora left her long time husband Torvald after he yelled at her for the first time. Although Nora believes that her marriage was a sham, Torvald was willing to make changes and make compromises with her. Torvald clearly demonstrated his love for Nora by even begging her to stay and act as only a sister to him. Although Torvald tried his best to convince Nora that he will change, Nora left her children and her long time husband in a heartbeat. Nora's selfish actions make her seem very immature, due to the abandonment of her loving husband and her young innocent children.

I think that Henrik Ibsen portrayed Torvald as an innconsiderate person. When Nora spends any money, Torvald acts like she is his pet. Torvald calls her his songbird that likes to spend his money and even parents his wife. Instead of treating her with respect and dignity he continued to treat Nora as a child, which showed that he is very inconsiderate. Furthermore, even though Torvald has known Krogstad for years he wants to fire him, since Krogstad calls him by his fist name in front of everybody. This selfish reason to fire someone is very inconsiderate, considering that someone's life is on the line and that his wife begged him not to fire Krogstad. Although Torfvald has known Krogstad since they were both in the same law school, he easily fired Krogstad over a very petty reason, which shows that his is an inconsiderate person.

Short Story essay Analysis

I did my short story analysis on Margaret Atwood's short story Hairball. When I turned in my essay, the format of the essay was messed up in turnitin.com. As a result, my MLA format was complete destroyed, and it made my essay very hard to follow. That contributed quit a bit for my bad grade in the essay. Also, my transition words were very plain and quite weak. My essay also included some incorrect grammar. I lacked a few colons and commas at the correct place. My periods were not inside the quotations. Occasionally I did not use the present tense when I should have. I was often repetitive in my essay, which reduced the overall point of my essay. I basically said the same thing over and over again, which made me lose the direction of where the essay will head, and I could not think of anything new to add to the essay. I did not support my claims very well, so my essay severely lacked adequate support to make my points stronger. Also, my analysis were very short and were very plain and weak. My quotations were too long and not to the point. I could have included better vocabulary to improve my short story analysis. Also, I could have improved the essay by including better transition words. I could have improved my essay by double checking turnitin.com and making sure they did not ruin my MLA format. My grammar could have been improved for this essay to get a higher grade. More specifically I could have used commas and colons correctly and placed my periods inside the quotation marks. The short story analysis could have been improved by using present tense at the appropriate times instead of past tense. Furthermore, I could have been much less repetitive in my short story analysis to make my points more concise, clearer, and stronger. The essay could have included stronger transition words. My support in the body paragraphs could have been longer and stronger to make help prove my thesis. I could have made stronger connections between my points to not confuse my audience, which may have raised my grade. My essay included too much passive voice at times, and would have benefited greatly through increased use of active voice. I was not clear when portraying my logic, which made my short story analysis hard to read. Overall I think that my analysis of Margaret Atwood's short story Hairball could have been greatly improved through better grammar, analysis, and stronger support for my thesis.