A Doll’s House and the Macaroon

Gloria Nguyen Period 5 2010 February 24 A significant symbol in A Dolls family by Henrik Ibsen are the macaroons that manoeuver up several times at heart the course of the play because it shows that Nora is non truthful to Torvald and that their household is tangled up in a web of deceit. She slips the bag of macaroons in her pocket and wipes her blab .Nora knows that Torvald dis desires her spending money on guilty pleasures like macaroons so she tries to cover them, just as she tries to hide the truth of her bond and debts. The macaroons also show that Nora is uncomfortable with completely of the rules and regulations Torvald has set up and that she has her own will and chief set. When Torvald asks her if she had any macaroons, she immediately responded with No, Torvald, really I promise you. It shows that she may ware a different set of morals than Torvald and that she is not at all comfortable in her living situation and Torvald is not one of her confidants like Dr. Rank and Mrs. Linde. The macaroons show that Nora is not the perfect doll that Torvald tried to border her into. The macaroons function in the text was to show that although that some families and lives seem mental picture perfect, most of the time it is not true, as proven by Noras need to hide the bond and macaroons from Torvald.The macaroons could also represent Noras emergency to be independent and free, that she wants to rebel and be someone of her own do as opposed to being Torvalds little songbird, squirrel and driving Capri. Ibsens use of symbolism in using such a minor pleasure impacts the story in a huge port by subtly showing the reader that Noras lifestyle is not as truthful and happy as it seems and that something as small as an innocent white lie about macaroons can set the power of lies that are to come.