Money is vital in the world today, it allows us to the freedom to choose how we want to live. We choose not to grow our own food anymore, instead go to the grocery store and use money to buy food. We do not make our own clothing we pay others to do it for us, and when we are sick we pay others to heal us. We see that money is extremely important because it is essential to life in this modern world! But what happens when we develop a love for money? As timothy explains, “For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.” (King James Bible, 1 Timothy 6:10), showing that the love of money is the beginning of all evil. In the play “A Doll’s …show more content…
We have heard that pride leads to all sin and “Thomas A. Tarrants shares this concerning pride ‘... it is Pride which has been the chief cause of misery in every nation and every family since the world began’” (Tarrants) meaning that Nora and Torvald’s misery is a result caused by Pride. Torvald calls Nora silly names, that do not show true affection but instead are condescending. Such things as “little lark” (1040) and “songbird” that “must not droop her wings” (1056) show that Torvald exercises pride and dominance over her, and enjoys his pride in being her “master.” Nora’s pride comes from knowing that she can receive money from Torvald at almost anytime as long as she plays along as Torvalds “little skylark.” The two are completely ignorant to the pridefulness in their hearts because they have been blinding by wealth. Nora because she loves to spend money and holds pride in her possession, and Torvald because he knows he can receive affection by dishing money out. This seems to be the fault in most relationships when the highest esteem is the couples accumulation of wealth and possession, the subject of discussion is always superficial. Ultimately the pride that Torvald developed because of a love for money ends up causing Nora to leave. Nora must follow “duties to myself” (1086) and Torvald argues that her duties are to be a wife and mother but Nora does not “believe that any longer” (1086) because she recognizes pride and dominance exercised over