Comparison Of The Characters In "A Doll's House" And "The Stranger"

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is also common among characters
in novels, dramas, and other forms of literature. In certain characters it is
evident in the novel The Stranger and the play A Doll's House . In some
instances it is quite easy to notice but other times it may be difficult to
identify the changes in character's masks as the changes slowly develop
throughout the plot.

A form of mask wearing was found at the beginning of the novel The
Stranger, where Meursault goes to the beach to go swimming and meets Marie
Cardona. She was lying on a float when Meursault was swimming towards it. "She
turned toward [him]. Her hair was in her eyes and she was laughing."(20) Later
on when both Meursault and Marie go swimming together "She laughed the whole
time,"(20) and then on the dock while they were drying themselves off Marie
playfully says "I'm darker than you."(20) She puts on a type of giggly, flirty
mask when around Meursault, probably because she likes him and wants to be
friendly with him. ...

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and giggly when she meets Meursault. The
same goes for Nora. She appears very childish in the opening scene when Helmer
calls her "my little skylark"(148) and "little squirrel"(148). She hides her
macaroons like a child hiding something that she should not have, before going
to see Torvald her husband. This seemed to be an act or a mask because it is
unusual to see a normal woman act like a child. It is not totally obvious at
first that Nora is hiding anything from others or even that she is wearing a
mask. Not until later in the story when Mrs. Linde comes does Nora drop the
mask and reveal her true self when Mrs. Linde and Nora start talking about how
Nora got the money in ...

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