October 13

My First Impressions Of Nora

To be very honest, even after having read only about fifteen pages of the play, I really don’t like Nora. In fact, if I were to come across someone like that in real life, I would probably avoid them to the best of my ability. Her character is just childish and annoying if I were to say so myself, and completely money obsessed. She’s quite the materialist, and this is very evident in the scene where her husband, Torvald, takes out his wallet and asks her what he’s got in his hand. Nora quickly turns around and exclaims “Money!”. This shows that all of her thoughts and ambitions are consistently centred around money.

Another thing that annoys me about her is the way that she makes conversation with people. Her long lost friend Mrs. Linde comes to pay a visit and after a few minutes of general greetings she starts going on about herself. She really comes across as narcissistic, and when she keeps apologising to Mrs. Linde for talking about herself for too long, frankly I think that was a really insincere apology on her part. Not only that, but she keeps coming back to the detail that she made some sort of “adult transaction” all by herself. Clearly she’s just a child trying to put on adult size shoes. All she wants to accomplish is that she can be taken seriously too. But in my perspective, it does the opposite and just makes her look like a complete fool.

Clearly I’m not Nora’s biggest fan, but if she starts making mature decisions and thinks before she says anything not after, I think there’s room for some serious character development.

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Nora in her natural habitat.

October 12

First impression of Nora

 

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Gillian Anderson in a production of Ibsen’s play

 

 

My first impression of Nora is that she’s very childish, all she cares about is money and in my opinion she doesn’t even see a real value in it. She’s an adult but she definitely doesn’t act like one.

She’s not the stereotype of a ‘model’ woman, but I think we can still learn from her as she’s not completely stupid…

October 12

First impressions of Nora

Ibsen manages to portray Nora as a carefree, conceited, childish wife in the beginning of the play. She is shown as incredibly materialistic and self obsessed. Her nature is portrayed in the way she allows her husband to address her in such a condescending tone. He uses strange pet names for her and and treats her like a little child. I feel like, because of this, she acts juvinial, and the attitude of her husband causes her to try and prove herself to him and show him how responsible she can be.

We can also see how cheeky and untrustworthy she really is. An example of this is how she tries to hide the fact that she was eating macaroons when she wasn’t allowed. This portrays how she tends to keep information from her husband.

Her conceited nature is seen when her friend arrives, whom she has not spoken to for 10 years. It is astounding how Nora cannot stop speaking of her own wonderful life and showing off to a woman who has suffered so much, whom she calls her friend.

Nora also appears to be obsessed with money, and keen on spending it. So much so that she even borrows money to satisfy her wants (without her husband’s permission). Also, all she wants is money from her husband, and doesn’t care much about his love and affection.

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