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A Dolls House: Nora’s rebellion against society The central theme of this play is Nora’s rebellion against society and everything that was expected of her. Nora shows this by breaking away from all the standards and expectations her husband and society had se ....

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.... he says to her “Watching you swing and dance the tarantella makes my blood rush”. This shows that he is more interested in her physically than emotionally. Then when she told him to stop he said to her, “am I not your husband?” Again, this is an example of Torvalds control over Nora, and how he thinks that she is there to fulfill his every desire on command. Torvald doesn’t trust her with any money and with the little money that he does entrust her with he is afraid that she will spend it on Macaroons, a candy that he has forbid her to eat. He calls her his “little squirrel”, “skylark”, and he says she spends money very foolishly. ....