Whats in a title

In Ibsen's play, "A Doll's House," Ibsen explores the ways in which one married couple, Nora and Torvald, interact with one another. While, in the beginning, the two have a seemingly normal and happy marriage, Nora begins to realize things about herself and about her marriage to make her believe otherwise. She begins to see that, rather than a serious wife and mother, she is merely a doll for her husband to play with and enjoy. Torvald never speaks to her about serious matters and tries to protect Nora from any real life issues or worries. He teasingly calls her stupid names like his "squanderbird" or his "little squirrel," amusing himself with her silly and childish ways. At the end of the novel Nora finally realizes this when, after Torvald finds he is safe from harm from Krogstad, Torvald speaks to her and says that now she is even more helpless and in need of his guidance and he must shelter her even more. She comes to the realization that she is his toy doll, and that the house she has kept for years is merely "A Doll House."