essay please read the requirement carefully. Essay #2: Symbolic and Thematic Analysis Purpose: Our last stop to furthering our study of literature is drama and film. Drama quite literally comes from a...

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Title: Essay #2: Symbolic and Thematic Analysis
Contents
Introduction    3
The Strength of Personality    3
Projections of Life    4
Marriage, Appearance and Reality    4
Conclusion    5
Works Cited    6
Introduction
The complications of married life as well as unreliability of the social appearance are some of the major themes of Ibsen’s Doll’s House. As mentioned by Otieno, the nature to sacrifice is linked with the gender attributes that is Ibsen discusses in detail how women are far more likely to sacrifice for the wellbeing of their life partners and they are capacitive by nature to support their partners throughout their lives.
However, the point of appreciation that audience views in the behavioral approach of the husband in the play is also remarkable. When Trovald uses pet names for Nora, they represent the multiple dimensions of her personality. Her strong and undaunted attitude to face difficulties of life is the standpoint in this context. Ibsen’s use of pet names projects the strength of Nora, her projection about life as well as her vision to settle in the marriage that she tries to save.
The Strength of Personality
At first, Trovald’s belief in the personality of his wife, Nora, is seen when he applies various terms to refer to her nature though, none of the words that he uses as pet names refer directly to her strong nature. For example, as mentioned by Otieno, when Trovald calls her “Little lark”, that is just to show case how jovial by nature she has been all the time.
It is the reflection, which connects her with her husband here. She is “Little Miss Extravagant” too for Trovald because he believes that she spends too much on little things. However, Nora takes these epithets quite happily and behaves in a childish manner, as she likes the way her husband treats her.
However, she is great in keepings secrets and shows the sacrificial side of her personality. For the sake of Trovald only, she takes...