Compare and Contrast Five Stories to A Dolls House

Compare and Contrast In â€Å"A Doll’s House† Torvald Helmer and Nora start out to seem as a happy married couple with three young children. In the beginning Nora is seen as woman who cares about her children and her husband but someone who also cares greatly about money. Torvald is seen as a man who is important in the society. Nora was portrayed as a very caring wife when it is revealed that she borrowed money illegally from Krogstad to fund the trip to Italy to try and save her husband life because he was sick. Once Krogstad begins to try and blackmail her Nora tries everything in her power to prevent Torvald from discovering the truth so that his pride and reputation would not be hurt or challenged. When Torvald finally discovers the†¦show more content†¦Norma decides to break up with Leroy just like Nora did with Torvald. Norma says that it is her mothers and his fault; she said â€Å"she won’t leave me alone-you won’t leave me alone† and also that â€Å"I feel eighteen again.† (Mason). This is similar to Nora when she broke up with Torvald she felt that she was her father’s doll and then she became Torvalds doll when they married. Both felt as if they were not themselves when they were with their spouse. In the short story â€Å"The Gift of the Magi† Della and Jim is a young married couple who love each other very much. Della makes a sacrifice of cutting her long and beautiful hair so that she could have the money to buy her husband a chain for his watch. This is contrasting to â€Å"A Doll’s House† because in the story Nora instead of telling her husband what she wants for Christmas she asks Torvald for money so she can buy herself a gift. Jim does the same thing as Della did he sold his watch that was passed down from his grandfather and his father so that he could buy a comb set for Della for her beautiful hair. The personal sacrifices that each made was similar to a sacrifice that Nora made she borrowed money illegally so that her husband and dying father could be spared the stress of having to deal with the borrowing and lending of money. (Porter). â€Å"TheShow MoreRelated‘The Offstage Area Of The Naturalistic Theatre Is Just1654 Words   |  7 PagesNaturalism represented freedom from the conservative five act play and additionally represented theatre as a space to reflect on the natural aspects of life – to depict life as it is lived (Esslin 68). Many authors came from this era, one of whom was Henrik Ibsen, a Norwegian playwright who published a praised and controversial play in 1879 entitled A Doll’s House (Ibsen). 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