Torvald Turning A New Leaf

Hey blog welcome back its been a while, 

We have a quite interesting story on our hands. “A Doll’s House” definitely threw us for a loop. Who knew Nora would actually leave Torvald? This is a prime example of women's empowerment: never let a man hold you back or down; take your life into your own hands. As for Torvald, his next moves are pretty simple and predictable. He’s a man who lives and breathes his patriarchal role. We see examples of this stated: “Whatever comes, you’ll see: when it really counts, I have strength and courage enough as a man to take on the whole weight myself” (124). Torvald is stuck in his ways of being the sole person for everyone’s needs, which unfortunately did not benefit his marriage in the slightest, so much so that it caused lies and deceit. He will go on with life and take care of the kids and work, and over time, he will realize Nora’s absence. But Torvald will be in a process of realizing that being on his own and taking on Nora’s role as a mother, his role as a father, and his new job at the bank will be overwhelming. Soon he’ll seek the comfort of Krogstad and Kristine, and seeing the dynamic and relationship of both husband and wife (yes, they get married) as providers, he will realize how wrong he was for trapping Nora into simply being his little lark and nothing more. He will understand the fact that he took away her opportunity to be more than just a wife by forcing the idea that there can only be one sole provider in the family. Nora is a strong and educated woman with a full-time job, not just little ones like before, hiding them from Torvald. By the time he comes around to win her back, she has already formed a new life for herself. Torvald used to say, ”Tonight I’m totally at your service—you little helpless thing” (132). But after losing Nora, he never called her a helpless little lark again; he actually asked for her help. He wanted her to be a helping hand in their family and have an equal role with him. He was willing to throw away the patriarchal stigma for the love of his life. Nora realized she still loved him as well, and this was finally the moment she said to him, her finding herself as a woman and independence and himself being her equal. It was a great, happily ever-after blog, just with time.

My intentions with Act IV were to create a better dynamic relationship between the two main characters. I wanted to argue and voice Torvald's mistakes in his relationship by belittling Nora for so long, just as her father did. And highlight the underlying theme of women's empowerment seen at the end of the play and create a happy ending.