Her husband’s nickname for her

In the first act of a ‘dolls house’ it is present that when the husband of Nora is talking with her he uses pet names. Helmer using words as a sign of endearment on the surface however has more disregarding her as an equal in their relation. Birds are a prominent scene throughout Helmers pet names as he describes her as a ‘sparrow’. This is significate as it shows that she is trapped and only used not from her personality or intelligence but is something visually appealing to the owner; the owner being Helmer. Another significant point is that bird is normally free spirted and should not be left in a cage; which Nora is doing being stuck in the house. The house is significate for the metaphor as it her cage that she feels as if she needs to perform instead of just living. Nora feels as

if it is her obligation to attend the family correctly and sufficiently to the society standards such as a clean house, a well-organized house and as well and very visually appealing presentation of house and self. Helmer use of the word mine; is shown as if he owns her and is the dominate figure in the relationship. He has authority over her and uses this to show his ownership to her and the audience. Nora believe that these nicknames are endearing however is a backhanded complimented that seems innocent on the surface however is very negative. This shows that the characters has a lack of inner respect; by inner I mean that both character are nice to each other however he does not really understand her and therefore deceit his trust in small gesture and foreshadowing what will occur the future.

Decorating the Christmas tree

The Christmas tree presents a lot for the way a family is perceived to either peers. The push to become the perfect family with the perfect family life that has a lot of money and love in the family. Therefore, when Nora is decorating the tree she is trying to put up a front, so no person will suspect her. Artificial beauty as the reader has established that she is more complex than a standard character this is present at the end of act 1. There her wanting to distract herself from her conflict as a character is very present through act 1. She is also very anxious when Helmer arrives into the scene and begins to mess around and to take her mind off the subject that she does not want to fell.