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This five page paper considers the role of illusion in ‘The Doll’s House’ by. Henrik Isben. Illusion is considered from the perspective of Nora, was it right for her to be disabused of her illusion or not. The paper concludes that from a modern day approach it was, but from the nineteenth century perspective a different conclusion might be reached. The bibliography cites one source.
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of our hopes or our fears, but whatever its source it is a vision which is not based in reality. It may be necessary to have an illusion in order
to survive a traumatic event, or just to give one the self confidence that is needed to cope with every day life, or it may be more extreme and focus
or the fantastical or far fetched notions. Henrik Isben is an author with an interest in illusion and reality, he makes the contrast in his plays between reality and illusion
in an almost subtle manner, reflecting the perversity of human nature. His work The Dolls House` was written in his second phase which appears to have dealt with social issues.
In this we see that Nora is the victim of her own illusions, and Christina Linde would wish to disabuse Nora of her of those illusions.
The manner of the play is indicated simply by the title, the dolls house in question is the house in which Nora and her husband Torvald
live. On the surface all appears neat and tidy; socially acceptable, but all is not always as it seems. The basis on which this family house is built is the
same as if it were a dolls house, it is built on illusion and fantasy. Within the dolls house Nora become the doll, possibly living in her illusions to give
her life some value and to feel some self worth. In many ways the role of a doll was is a fair analogy
for the role expected of a wife in this day and age. Wives were expected to be submissive to their husbands, carrying out their wishes with the only influence or
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