Doll's+House+Activity

Ian Wade The slamming door symbolizes Nora finds the courage to stand up for her and is able to turn her back on her husband and children for herself. After Torvald yells at Nora she understands that she is not happy with her life with Torvald. So when she tells Torvald that she is not happy she decides to leave then she slams the door showing the audience that she is gone forever. The masquerade symbolizes people hiding their identity. The masquerade is a costume party where people where masks and hide themselves to be happy. Ibsen used this in his play to show that in order for Nora to be happy she had to take off her mask and realize who she is. The letters symbolize the truth, that Nora is hiding from and does not want her husband to find out. In the play Nora is dreading Krogstad’s letter to Torvald. Nora is so scared that she is trying to convince Torvald to stay with her and not open up the letters. In order to hide the truth. The Tarantella symbolizes how Torvald is controlling Nora even though the Tarantella is a fast free dance Torvald is not happy with how Nora is dancing. When Nora and Torvald were rehearsing Nora was so scared about Krogstad’s letter that she couldn’t control how she dance and Torvald was trying to control Nora showing his manipulating side. The macaroons symbolize Nora’s rebellious side against Torvald. Nora loves macaroons but her husband, Torvald thinks that it rots her teeth. So Nora is forced to hide the macaroons from her husband. The fancy dress symbolizes Torvald’s control over Nora. At the beging of the play Torvald picked out a dress for Nora when Nora wears this dress she is under Torvald’s control. But at the end of the play, Nora changes out of the dress showing that her husband does not control her any more.