Sympathetic or Antisympathetic Essay - 509 Words

In Henrik Ibsens A Dolls House, Nora starts out as sympathetic person, making decisions based upon the welfare of only others, and never herself. She is a caring, na#239;ve and loving person, making it easy to forgive her for her faults. As the story proceeds her motives are questioned, and so is the idea of whether or not she is still a sympathetic character. Previous to the opening of the play, Nora makes the decision to get a loan without Torvalds knowledge so that he can go to Italy and improve his health, showing compassion and love for her husband. Noras aquiring the loan with her father as a guarantor, shows that she cared enough not to worry her husband with money problems at a time that he needed to heal. Forging her†¦show more content†¦Linde, ...when I am no longer pretty...Torvald no longer loves me as he does now...amuse[s] him... play the fool for him(1497). We do not know when she came upon this realization, but it does not affect her until she acknowledges his reaction to the news of her forgery may be much different than previously expected. This realization creates a devastating blow to her mind, paralleled with her tarantella practice, Not so violently, Nora. (1523). Nora is literally dancing for her life as she is now unsure of Torvalds reaction to the news will be. Chaos overtakes her mind, as she bec omes aware that Torvald would not take the news of her forgery well, yet hangs on to her image of the ideal husband who like herself would do anything for her spouse. Torvalds comment, ...the beautiful apparition disappeared (1528) is the turning point of Noras beautiful character into that of a selfish one. In the end, Nora makes the decision to end her marriage, leave her children, and run away from her problems, showing only self-interest. She forfeits her family for that of her happiness believing what Torvald previously says, an atmosphere of lies contaminates and poisons...breath...children draw...contains the germs of evil (1509). Even though she is aware of his dishonesty, I must try to buy him off (1534), she still leaves her children with their father. Her decision is selfish, and her selfishness is backed up with the factShow MoreRelatedA Brief Note On Osteoporosis And Its Effects2126 Words   |  9 Pages 5-HT directly activates osteoblastic 5-HTRs to inhibit bone formation, whereas centrally it inhibits the sympathetic nervous system, thus alleviating the negative adrenergic tone on osteoblasts. It appears that the negative skeletal effects of peripheral SSRI-induced increase in 5-HT outweighs the skeletal benefits resulting from the enhanced central 5-HT antidepressa nt and antisympathetic activity. Warden et al. researched the impact of 5HTT inhibition on bone by studying an animal model with