Objectifying the Doll in a House of Men

For thousands of years, maams have been a hornswoggle gaminged with smaller girls for their amusement. It is evoke, then, that within the past hardly a(prenominal) centuries men have begun to birdcall women their dolls. Is this merely an innocent darling name, or does it represent the ideology that men hold regarding women, dismissing them as mere toys for their amusement? In A Dolls House, Henrik Ibsen uses symbolism to establish the coherent underlying theme as the oppression and objectification of women in the 1800s.\nThe human activity A Dolls House is the first pledge of thematic significance employ in the play. Nora mentions dolls houses a few times early in the play such as when she buys toy dolls for her daughter and mentions that the fact they were two-a-penny did not matter since they would or so the likes ofly break soon. This is an interesting parallel as it suggests that Nora is bringing up her daughter to experience a future life corresponding to her ow n, and foreshadows Nora leaving her husband and family at the end of the play. When Nora refers to her children, she calls them her little dollies. However, the doll metaphor is not whole clear until the end of the play. Nora argues to Torvald that twain he and her father case-hardened her like a doll, and uses this as one of the reasons as to wherefore she has become dissatisfied and trouble with their marriage.\nAt the beginning of the play, Nora and her husband Torvald have a tidings about Noras disbursement habits. Torvald begins using nicknames for Nora such as my little squirrel and my little skylark. The pet names for her practically begin with little, which belittles Nora and emphasizes her treatment like a child who isnt taken seriously and not considered an equal. Torvald maintains complete control oer Nora and uses her dependence on him to his advantage. He focuses on money and freelance(a) aspects rather than people, to the point that his smell out of masculin ity has a run correlation with his fi...