Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Individuals vs. Society - Coggle Diagram
Individuals vs. Society
Individual
-
-
Femenine identity
- Nora's struggle to balance her roles as a wife and mother with her personal identity.
- The tension between societal expectations of her as a woman and her inner desires.
Society
- The play highlights the strict gender roles of the 19th century, where women were expected to be obedient, submissive, and confined to the domestic sphere.
- Men were expected to be the breadwinners and protectors of the family.
Social norms
- The oppressive expectations and norms that governed the characters' lives.
- The emphasis on appearances and reputation in society.
-
Conflics
Deceptive appearances
- The play is filled with instances where characters hide their true selves or intentions.
- The contrast between the characters' public and private personas.
Noras secret loan
- Nora's decision to take out a loan without her husband's knowledge to save his life.
- The financial secret becomes a symbol of her hidden desires and her deception of societal expectations.
-
Characters
Torvald
- Torvald represents the epitome of a conformist husband who values his own social standing above all else.
Mrs Linde
- A contrast to Nora, Mrs. Linde seeks financial stability and is willing to conform to societal norms.
Krogstad
- Krogstad's actions and desires are shaped by the consequences of societal judgment.
Dr Rank
- A character who is terminally ill and whose social position makes him a tragic figure in the play.
-