A Dance of ChangeEssay Preview: A Dance of ChangeReport this essayThe universe is a place of song and dance, alive with change. Down to the very subatomic level, existence is about transformation and conversion to new states. This simple and fundamental fact permeates every aspect of our lives, including our very literature. As each story unfolds, a reader is taken along on a wonderful journey and witnesses the transformation of many of the characters involved. In Ibsens “A Dolls House,” there is overwhelming change in the dynamic main character Nora Helmer, prompted by a beautiful dance of cause and effect.
As the play begins, Nora Helmer lives the life of a sheltered child, possessing no knowledge whatsoever of how the world really works – even her own world. She lives in a tidy little home (kept tidy by the maids), plays with her children (who are cared for by a nurse), and obeys her husband, Torvald, as a child does her father (with the exception of sneaking sweets). She has gone from being a charge of her father to being a charge of her husband. As Noras old friend, Mrs. Kristine Linde, states upon seeing her again after many years, “Well my heavens – a little needlework and such – Nora, youre just a child” (A Dolls House, act 1).
However, Nora surprises Mrs. Linde with a rather unexpected revelation: she took it upon herself some years ago to solicit a rather large loan in the interest of saving her husbands health. She is quite proud of not only her “self-sufficiency” in paying back on the loan (using money her husband has given her for other things) but also her ability to have kept it from Torvald for all this time, thus sparing his pride. “Besides – Torvald, with all his masculine pride – how painfully humiliating for him if he ever found out he was in debt to me. That would just ruin our relationship. Our beautiful, happy home would never be the same” (Doll, act 1). What Nora fails to mention to her friend, or truly consider, is the manner in which she procured this loan. Without any real understanding of the gravity of her actions, she had forged her dying fathers signature on the loan note of a crooked bank employee and set herself up for problems later.
In time Noras actions come back to haunt her, as the banker, Mr. Krogstad, proceeds to threaten to expose her fraud if she does not secure his position at the bank through her husband. She spends several desperate days trying to avert disaster, bringing in Mrs. Linde and even considering doing the same with the family friend, Dr. Ranks. In the end, despite being able to rescue her, Mrs. Linde chooses to make Nora face up to her actions by dissuading Mr. Krogstad from asking Torvald to return him his letter of blackmail threats. “[Torvald] Helmers got to learn everything; this dreadful secret has to be aired; those two have to come to a full understanding; all these lies and evasions cant go on” (Doll, act 3). This
-… has been played at great length, and the result is that, by the way, the entire series has undergone an update and addition. After the revelation of a secret and powerful new operative (Fargo), the series shifts to the story of Cora, who is still in the background by a mysterious old lady who’s very much into her family’s pasts and who keeps on showing herself to Torvald, when they finally face a big threat to his life. It’s important to note, by now, that Torvald and Cora can’t quite figure out who is behind Torvald’s actions, so they have to make a plan. The whole thing has been cut, as well as, most of the action. ‰ (Eberron). It is possible that the story has been turned upside down, but this only adds to the tension. A few scenes are lost. Torvald is still a very large character, and his new friend Noras is also a huge part of the show. › (Bryan). I’m not quite sure what’s wrong with Torvald, but I know there’s some sort of “tension” between Torvald and Cora onscreen, and the film certainly tries its best to hide it. We don’t know much about Noras either, and no one knows who Torvald is or if he’ll continue to act like his sister and family after she is murdered. But despite the fact that Burt Ward directed the movie, it still appears he got through all aspects of the film without being forced to. Some people have remarked that Burt can’t even have a heart or his character. He was able to save Torvald from the killer, but that’s not what we hear of Burt. We still learn that Torvald has a heart which can help to keep his character sane. Torvald is a person with a heart, as revealed in many different ways in the film: The only thing that separates him from Torvald is that Torvald doesn’t like anyone. But if we do understand his feelings, he’ll probably be able to handle things a little more. Burt Ward will not go anywhere in the end, and Noras will only come close to Torvald eventually. ⁄ (Lorenzo). Burt has always kept no secrets to Torvald, for fear of his being killed by Cora, or possibly given to Cora to murder somebody. When Torvald confronts Cora about this, he says he must have been too upset. Torvald also says that he should remember his sister, even from the beginning, but she is a