"A Dolls House"

In my opinion of “A Doll’s House” it seems like the director, is trying to portray a look of a dolls house. The movie makes it seem as though they are very wealthy and well off, as does the play, but the difference to me is that the director may make it seem as though there are more rooms or bigger rooms because the play doesn’t give that much detail. The setting seems to take place around the late 1800’s and the clothing defiantly represents that and shows that it is in that era. Nora is wearing a dress and a fur coat and Torvald is wearing a suit, not something people wear now a day around the house. By their accents I’m assuming it is taking place in England, in the winter because they are Christmas shopping. Nora and Torvald seem to be in their mid forties. They seem like an all American family, three children and a maid and they seem like two very happy people.

Nora seems to play a childish part. She makes up names for Torvald and trys to get whatever she can off him. She definitely loves money you can tell by watching her in the clip and what she’s wearing. The part of the video when he gives her ten dollars that doesn’t seem to be enough so she keeps her hand out for more. In the play she doesn’t seem TOO needy for money but it definitely shows in the video. “You could always… give me money Torvald” That to me shows that she is in very high demand of money and really wants to get everything she wants without really having to work for it. Also when Nora shows Torvald the Christmas tree she makes it seem like she did something so accomplishing as if she doesn’t do that all the time. The director to me is making Nora seem needy and not being able to do anything for herself and puts Torvald in charge and to help Nora.

Torvald in the video seems much more giving towards Nora. In the play he seems like not mean towards Nora but not as giving. Torvald seems very concerned about debt. This makes me think that maybe he is slowly slipping into debt but he wants to keep it from Nora because he thinks of hr as maybe money hungry and he supports her in a way that she couldn’t do by herself. He seems like a very loving husband and really basically gives Nora whatever she wants no matter what it takes. Torvald clearly loves his wife and show that he would do anything for her. They also have pet names for each other, “my little skylark” or “my little squirrel”, to me this makes it seem as though they have a very good relationship.