Emasculation

= Emasculation = = Emasculation means to render a male less then a man or to make a man less of a man by embarrassment. In A Doll's House by Ibsen, Torvald is mothered by his wife Nora throughout the story which lessened him as a man. Nora was more of a mother figure instead of a wife to Torvald which was hard on him. = = **NORA: "how painful and humiliating it would be for Torvald, with his manly independence, to know that he owed me anything!" (1.197)** = =**This quote talks about how Torvald is short spoken by Nora which does lessen him as a man.**=