A DOLL'S HOUSE AND NATURALISM

Characters in the play ha demonstrated a naturalism focus in the Time of the A Doll’s House. Naturalism in play is a literary movement that involves environments, heredity and social conditions in determining the human character. In the novels, the characters are incapable of determining the outcome of their own lives because it is predestined by what they inherit from both experiences and ancestors in their lives. Due to the circumstances of their lives being undetermined, they have struggles throughout their life and relationships trying to find their identity.
One of the important focus points on naturalism in A Doll’s House is the heredity and social conditions in shaping the character individually.. An example of inheritance is when Nora was done with a conversation about Krogstad’s behavior. Nora did not want her dishonest behavior to contaminate her kids morally. How ever, she struggles with the responsibility for herself and for others through dishonesty. As a wife, Nora felt it was her duty to help save the man (Torvald) she loved, even though she did it in a dishonest manor. At the end of Act three, Nora discovers Torvald always established her identity and comes to the realization that her life has been a lie. Nora says to Torvald in Act three “but our home’s been nothing but a play pen. I’ve been your doll-wife here, as at home I was papa’s doll-child. And in turn the children have been my dolls”. This passage shows signs of both naturalism and the struggle for identity in Nora’s life. From a naturalism focus, Nora starts to comprehend how the social conditions in her past and current household are affecting both her marriage to Torvald and her family.
Slowly Nora's character is forced to discontinue her inauthentic role of a doll and seek out her individuality, her new authentic identity. She comes to realize that her whole life has been a lie. She lived her life pretending to be the old Nora, and hid the changed woman she had become. The illusion of the old Nora continues well after she becomes a new person. When she realizes that responsibilities for herself are more important, Nora slams the door on not just Torvald but on everything that happened in her past. It took time to evolve into a new person, but after she did she became a person who could not stand to be oppressed by Torvald any longer. Ibsen uses the idea of a "doll" because a doll always maintains the same look, no matter what the situation. A doll must do whatever the controller has them do. Dolls are silent and never express opinions or actually accomplish anything without the aid of others. This doll is Nora's inauthentic identity.In this play Ibsen tackles women's rights as a matter of importance. Throughout this time period it was neglected. Ibsen acknowledges the fact that in 19th century life the role of the woman was to stay at home, raise the children and attend to her husband. Nora is the character in A Doll House who plays the  19th woman and is portrayed as a victim.
Ibsen in his "A Doll's House" depicts the role of women as subordinate in order to emphasize their role in society. Nora is oppressed by the manipulation from Torvald. Torvald has a very typical relationship with society. He is a smug bank manager. With his job arrive many responsibilities. He often treats his wife as if she is one of these responsibilities. Torvald is very authoritative and puts his appearance, both social and physical, ahead of his wife that he supposedly loves. Torvald is a man that is worried about his reputation, and cares little about his wife's feelings. 
Nora and Torvald's relationship, on the outside appears to be a happy. Nora is treated like a child in this relationship, but as the play progresses she begins to realize how phony her marriage is. Torvald sees Nora's only role as being the subservient and loving wife. He refers to Nora as "my little squirrel" , "my little lark". To him, she is only a possession. Torvald calls Nora by pet-names and speaks down to her because he thinks that she is not intelligent and that she can not think on her own. Whenever she begins to voice an opinion Torvald quickly drops the pet-names and insults her as a women .Torvald is a typical husband in his society. He denied Nora the right to think and act the way she wished. He required her to act like an imbecile and insisted upon the rightness of his view in all matter. This conflict often results in his characters' being divided between a sense of duty to themselves and their responsibility to others." is applicable to Nora in A Doll House. Nora Helmer is a character struggling to realize her authentic identity. Her husband Torvald has always established her identity. Throughout the play Torvald was condescending towards Nora and forced her to act and look in a way that pleased him. Nora allowed Torvald to play dress up with her and no matter what the situation Nora has to consistently remain Torvald's quiet, happy, little doll. Nora ends her doll life by leaving her doll house to learn and explore on her own. She is no longer a doll under the control of her master.