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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelIbsen's "A Doll House" is a story about a husband
and a wife. Torvald treats his wife, Nora, as a doll or a
child. He, even, addresses his wife using various pet names
such as skylark, squirrel, which means that she is
considered as his pet. Torward the end of the play Nora
decides to free herself from Torvald's domination. That is
why the writer of this thesis picks out Torvald and Nora's
relationship as her study, since she really finds them
interesting and even .challenging to discuss.
The writer of this thesis tries to analyse their
relationship through Sociolinguistic approach. In doing her
analysis , first of all, the writer of this thesis collects
all the address terms used by Torvald and Nora as well as
their social factors. Next she analyses their use of address
terms in each stage, which are related to the social factors
affecting the use. Lastly, the results of the analysis of
the address terms are related to the relationship between
Torvald and Nora.
Based on the analysis, the writer of this thesis
finds out that Nora and Torvald especially use different
address terms from the beginning of the play to the
end of it. At the beginning of the play, Torvald's relation
to his wife is very close which can be seen in his use of
endearment terms. Toward the middle of the play, his use of
endearment terms shows an increase. His relationship,
therefore, is more intimate. However, toward the end of the
play, his relationship toward his wife is becoming distant.
His power and dominance is getting less too. Nora's
relationship toward her husband, in addition, is more
intimate in the first and second stage. Toward stage three,
on the other hand, her relationship is getting lees
intimate.
The writer of this thesis finds out that the change
of address term is basically influenced by the setting. The
setting, therefore, is a primary aspect that influences
their relationship, which is reflected in their use of
address terms.