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    Nora and Torvald Relationship.

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    In the opening scene of A Doll's House, Nora and Torvald's relationship is established. Nora acts in a playful, childish manner, showing she lacks worldly knowledge. Torvald treats Nora patronizingly, like a child or pet, calling her nicknames. He is the authoritative figure, while Nora keeps the household. The scene provides insight into traditional gender roles and materialistic nature of their relationship in 19th century Norway.

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    In the opening scene of A Doll's House, Nora and Torvald's relationship is established. Nora acts in a playful, childish manner, showing she lacks worldly knowledge. Torvald treats Nora patronizingly, like a child or pet, calling her nicknames. He is the authoritative figure, while Nora keeps the household. The scene provides insight into traditional gender roles and materialistic nature of their relationship in 19th century Norway.

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    In the opening scene of A Doll's House, Nora and Torvald's relationship is established. Nora acts in a playful, childish manner, showing she lacks worldly knowledge. Torvald treats Nora patronizingly, like a child or pet, calling her nicknames. He is the authoritative figure, while Nora keeps the household. The scene provides insight into traditional gender roles and materialistic nature of their relationship in 19th century Norway.

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    English Language and Literature

    Siddharth
    A Dolls House
    In the opening scene of 'A Doll's House', by Ibsen, what do we learn
    about ora and !or"ald's relationship#
    Going through the opening scene of A Dolls House, we get a good idea of
    the setting of the story and a glimpse of the personalities of the main
    characters in the play, namely Torvald and Nora
    Nora is the pr!
    otagonist of the play "n the
    opening scene, she plays a uni#ue character displaying a playful and childish
    personality $he comes o% as someone who &ust does not have the
    'nowledge of the world around her This is evident from the Noras childish
    mannerisms and (ehavior when she meets Torvald Helmer her hus(and $he
    also comes across as one who is very conscious a(out money and " would
    thin' this is (ecause of the fact that she doesnt earn any money herself (ut
    has an interest in ta'ing care of the household and spending money in
    general
    Torvald Helmer is portrayed in an interesting way in the opening scene He
    comes o% as the authoritative person in the relationship (etween himself
    and his wife, Nora He treats her li'e one of his children and also patroni)es
    her at the same time To him, Nora comes o% as something he can play with
    and manipulate This is evident from his interaction with Nora where he calls
    her pet names li'e $'ylar' and $#uirrel The use of these names shows
    his thought process towards Nora To Torvald, Nora is somewhat a pet, a form
    of entertainment He ta'es care of her and 'eeps her happy so she can ta'e
    care of the household and entertain him
    The opening scene also gives a glimpse of how women were second to men
    socially around the time the play was written *omen were more often than
    not, the ones who cleaned the house, raised the children and prepared food
    The hus(and was usually the one who went out to wor' and earn a living to
    sustain the family He was usually the sole (readwinner in a family Although
    Nora had help in the form of maids, she did everything else such as raising
    the children and generally 'eeping the house running The main
    "n conclusion, the relationship (etween Nora and Torvald Helmer in the
    opening scene comes o% as a rather materialistic one This materialistic
    impression comes from the fact that the opening scene involved many
    discussions a(out money and the fact that Torvald treats Nora li'e his doll A
    dolls houses portrayal of how the relationship (etween torvald helmer and
    nora helmer is very accurate to the situation (ac' in the day when

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