The characters in "A Doll's House" and "The Master Builder" by Henrik Ibsen are so held down by their own selfishness that they can only fantasize that they themselves have the power to lift off the ground and fly. Selfishness lays such a burden upon the characters, even though they do not realize their selfish actions, and in return their actions result in hurting themselves and the ones they loved.
Nora Helmer from "A Doll's House" focuses her energy on the importance of her husband's money and centers her own pride here. Although Nora sees herself as an independent woman towards the end of the play, she never realizes how selfish she has acted through her marriage with Torvald. Nora claims that she has done everything in the power of her husband, and the whole reason she forged a signature was to save his life. She says that all her wrong doings were for the reasonable purpose of love, "I'm not such a fool as that. I did it for love, didn't I?" (29). Nora dumbs down to assure......

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Title: The Burden Of Selfishness In Ibsen's Modernist Plays
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