A DOLL HOUSE

A Doll's House is a three act play about a seemingly typical housewife who becomes disillusioned and dissatisfied with her condescending husband.
Nora represents the 'doll' in this 'perfect doll house' with decorated Christmas trees and fancy parties. The realization that her life is a sham, she spends her whole life in a dream world. In this dream world, Nora does not take life seriously, an attitude that led to many of the plot’s complications.
Nora and Torvald Helmer believe they are happily married and on the brink of a blissful new phase of life. Nora's lie is exposed and Torvald first blames, then forgives her and is finally abandoned as Nora recognizes the truth of her situation. She accuses her husband, and her father before him, of having used her as a doll, and declares herself unfit to be a wife or mother until she has learned to be herself.
Nora's position in her own household, as well as Nora's perception of the world. Not only have the men in her life treated her like a "doll", to be dressed up and played with, but she herself has lived as that doll. She has played into the role, and she has always viewed the world from only the perspective of her little house. She is treated like a child and is not taken seriously. She is belittled by Torvald and doesn't listen to her feelings, wants, and desires.
In Nora world she takes a back seat approach to life and becomes like an object, reacting to other’s expectations rather than advancing herself. As a result of her passivity, Torvald is very possessive of, frequently adding the “my” to the pet names he would call her.
When you think about a doll house, you see that it's open for everyone to see. This could show the idea of being constantly observed and lack of privacy. And now if you look at the dolls now , you can say that the ones playing with the dolls have complete control over the dolls. So we can say that Torvald would have complete control over Nora. Also, like dolls they wear permanent smiles. You notice that Nora is always trying to be the perfect wife and pleasing everyone. There is a lot of pretending and Nora and Torvald seem to be the perfect happy couple. One example of the behavior that is seen is when
Nora sneak chocolate macaroons as a child would do since she was prohibited from having sweets. When Torvald mentions his reasoning for Nora laying off the sweets, he implies the importance of her perfection for his reputation. Another hint for the reasoning of the title was Torvald's preference on the clothing she wears. The dependence on Nora's appearance is clearly reflected in these two instances, ultimately creating their household to be a "doll house". Since Nora is under strict orders by her husband regarding her eating habits and clothing style, she could indeed be seen as a doll that is feed and dressed.
In a Doll's House, Nora Helmer spends most of her on stage time as a doll: a vapid, passive character with little personality of her own. Her whole life is a construct of societal norms and the expectations of others.
At the end of the play, the doll symbolism becomes very powerful, Nora realizes that It was not only that Torvald would not sacrifice himself for her that opens Nora’s eyes to reality but she did not understand the though that Torvald loved her, he loved her as a thing, a status symbol. Nora served as a wife and mother, but never as an equal to Torvald.