Love in A Doll's House

Love and Decision Making
Love impairs decision making. This statement is one of truth although the victim of the impairment does not want to admit the fault. Obviously love holds precedence in “A Doll’s House” yet when decisions have to be made, love can also cause mistakes. Love requires you to make decisions with someone else in mind, thus priority lies in fulfilling another person’s happiness and dreams rather than your own. In Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” a perfect example of love’s biased opinion unfolds.
Nora, who gives the impression that she “wears the pants in the relationship (www. Allsands.com),” manipulates people and lies in order to obtain money, with her undaunted love for Torvald as her one and only justification for her crimes. The entire story leads up to an legendary discovery in the final acts of the play. According to one literary review Nora’s “epiphany” is that “…throughout the last eight years of her life...