Torvald's Dominance

In "A Doll's House", Nora is Torvald Helmer's little "skylark" (368) who seems to be dominated by him in every single way: mentally, physically, and financially. Torvald treats Nora as if she were a child or some other creature that is incapable of thinking. She lives a sheltered life in which there is no need of worrying about problems like the ones that Ms. Linde has encountered. Torvald simply tells her what do and how to …

…leave the house or check the mail. Nora can't even dance the way she likes. Due to Torvald's dominance over Nora, she has very little say-so to what she does in her everyday life. Works Cited Chavez, Albert K. "A Doll's House (Theatrical Production)" Literary Cavalcade 55.1 (2002): 28. Ibsen, Henrik. "A Doll's House." 1879. Literature and Ourselves. Eds. Gloria Henderson, Bill Day, and Sandra Waller. 4th ed. New York: Longman, 2003. 367-423. Rosefeldt, Paul. "Ibsen's A Doll's House" Explicator 61.2 (2003): 84.