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Comparisons and contrasts of ADH and MC - Coggle Diagram
Comparisons and contrasts of ADH and MC
Comparisons
Contrasts
ADH
Social standards
Nora's role as a domestic mother
Men bring in the dough
Confining, women were to be an accessory for the men
Prized possession
Women were to give into their husbands, dominance and submission, prey and predator
Men are the 'saviour' saving the damsel in distress
Reverse for N + T
Nora saved Torvald's life by becoming 'corrupted'
Provides a sense of authority to Nora, saviour/God complex
Role as a wife
Corrupted by actions
Worried to corrupt children, so she pushes them away
A woman should not have involvements in money, especially fraud
Admits her corruption to ML
Debates letting Torvald know
Loss
Loss of identity
Loses individuality, depending on Torvald for financial stability and for her own personality
Torvald makes her into his 'doll' moulding her into his ideal woman, someone who isn't Nora
Loss of relationship
Nora eventually loses Torvald due to his greed
Torvald rejects her after finding out about the fraud
He refuses her priorities of being a mother and her priorities as a human
Nora realises the reality of her relationship with Torvald
It's more about the visual of the relationship and how it looks to the public sphere, not what hides within the reality of the relationship
Nora eventually loses her respect of Torvald
He changes his perspective of their relationship when it is saved
Torvald has already lost Nora's love and respect/Nora's epiphany
MC
Wedding imagery
Marriage is binding, inescapable, priority
Loss
Virginity lost before marriage
Seen as something to be lost purely for reproduction, not pleasure
Women were not supposed to have sexual desires, sinful
Fallen women
Won't be married or socially accepted
Corrupted
Loss of love
Thomas took MC virginity and married another woman
Grief of being turned to a fallen woman
Social standards
Men were allowed to have sexual relations, their nature?
Women were used for domestics, and taking care of babies
Main role is to carry children and reproduce, otherwise, considered useless and unacceptable