A Doll House: The Disadvantage Of Determinism

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as she suffers as a result of her father's past; however, she does not suffer alone. This time Dr. Rank is limited by his father's history as well. Therefore, through the problems of determinism in society (gender role and hereditary determinism), one is deprived of freedom to be an individual in society.
The problem of hereditary determinism is one that certainly restricts a person from developing as an individual in society. Two characters in the play, Dr. Rank and Nora, demonstrate the lack of freedom one has as a result of hereditary determinism. Dr. Rank, for example, suffers from a physical disease passed on to him from his father. He states, "I'd just as soon laugh at it all. My poor, innocent spine, serving time for my father's gay army days" (1093). This quotation exaggerates the fact that those who suffer from hereditary determinism often do so without any control�like Dr. Rank's spine, they are innocent. Rank's heredity limits his ability to grow as his own ...

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Helmer to assist her in practicing the "Tarantella" in order to keep him from reading his mail. Helmer's language connotations hint at his desire to control his wife. For example, he says to Nora as she dances out of control, "Not so violent!" (1100). His use of the word "violent" allows for the reader's association of this word to violent relationships (those in which the male dominates and controls his wife by violently attacking her). Helmer also says to Nora, "You dance as if your life were at stake" (1100). This statement is full of irony, as the Tarantella is also known as the "dance of death," which implies that Nora is dancing for her life because staying at home, under the ...

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