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A Doll's House Analytical Essay

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Ibsen’s play, A Doll’s House, follows a housewife who struggles under the control of her husband. Nora Helmer, the main character of the play, is a young housewife who is a very sweet, kind, and loving mother and wife. She would do anything for the sake of her husband and children. Torvald Helmer is Nora’s husband or the “man of the house”, who believes he plays the dominant role in the marriage. Mrs. Linde is a tough, wise widow who searches for a new life after the death of her husband. She becomes a close family friend in the Helmer's home. Torvald is a controlling chauvinist because he neither treats her with value nor respect her opinions as an adult because he believes she is subordinate to him. Torvald views Nora as a child because
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