This week has gone by really fast for me! I love how classes got cancelled for today and tomorrow, except my drive home lasted FOREVER because of the horrible weather, I hope I will never have to drive in those conditions ever again, it really sucked. I also hope that no one got hurt driving to their destination!
I was really shocked when I realized how long The Doll House actually was. The one concept I really like about this story was in the end when Torvald found out about his wife and that she had forged her dad’s signature for a loan so they could go on Vacation, he really freaked out and acted like he did not love her because she made a mistake. It did not matter to him that she was sorry and that she made a mistake. When Torvald ‘supposedly’ found out that she apparently did not forge the signature, he tried to act like he was sorry because he was pissed he said all that for nothing. I saw it that he was scared of losing her because of something he thought she did, but when it comes back at him, he tries to cover for himself and she does not accept that. She realizes what kind of person he is and sticks up for herself. She decides that he is not good enough for her if he can get rid of her so quickly because of one mistake, he should atleast give her another shot if he loves her.
I hope everyone has a great Spring Break, talk to you guys in a week!
4 comments:
Jessica:
I enjoyed reading your blog this week, and it brought many things to my head. I definetely think that Nora standing up for herself was something she really needed to do. It also really took a turn in the entire outline of the story. She realized that she needed to live for herself and not for everyone else.
There are a lot of strong emotions to be felt in connections with _A Doll House_. Torvald feels pushed in a corner and thinks about himself above everyone else. I wonder how many people in real life take that path, too? I hope Torvald is some exception, or worst-case example of what humans are capable of.
I enjoyed your blog. I was frustrated with Nora for leaving her family and her husband without giving them a chance. I didn't take into consideration that minutes before her decision her husband had made the same exact decision but for an even dumber reason. He really didn't take into consideration that she was doing it out of love. I think she may have just wanted a vacation though and talked the doctor into telling him that he was terminally ill and the only cure was a trip. She was a compulsive liar and that will ultimately tear anything apart.
Wow, that weather sure was treacherous. I can imagine the driving to be quite scary. Even though we were snowed in, at least we still had electricity.
Well, I actually enjoyed this story. Some of the longer stories I get a little caught up in how much there is to take in, so it puts me off in a more difficult way of thinking. This story was actually quite easy to relate to though. I think that we can all relate to some aspect of this story. Whether we get caught up in letting someone else run our lives, as Nora did, or just wanting to break free and gain some independence. If you really want to think about it, what was different about Nora wanting to be on her own than teenagers wanting this? As Nora states, she has "duties to myself" that are "equally sacred" to the duties to her family. Granted, she has a husband and children to care for, but if she does not enjoy life and is not happy with where she is, why can she not "find herself" before she finds herself regretting everything. She is sick of being someone's "doll-wife." She now realizes that there is more to life than being controlled by someone. Which, I think is quite common for people to want to live life for themselves. How many of us would want to have everything we do controlled by someone else? I also think that the reaction from Torvald after he found out about her forgery, was enough to push anyone over the edge. She did it out of love and to give him what he needed to survive, and he treats her like crap. I understand why she did what she did. I also think that she left the children because "in turn the children have been my dolls." She saw what she was doing to her children and she wanted to get away before she hurt them the way she was hurt. She may not have chosen the best path, but she was doing what she thought was best for her family, as well as herself.
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