Реферат: The Cherry Orchard Reality Illusion And Foolish

destined to be lost. The illusion is twisted. At the beginning of the play,

Nora leads a life under the illusion that everything was perfect. She lives for

eight years with the knowledge that she has broken the law, and betrayed her

husband. Though it was necessary, the psychological toll it took on her and the

family was hardly worthwhile.

Along with Nora’s flaws, her husband was also at fault. He couldn’t

accept what Nora had done, and wouldn’t have been able to deal with the extreme

changes which she had undergone. His pride wouldn’t let him accept that he

needed a woman to help him; that he couldn’t handle everything alone without the

help of another person (This ?stoic male’ ideal has lead to the downfall of many

men). His self-confidence would not have been strong enough to take that kind

of blow to his ego.

If she had forced her husband into handling the situation, by having him

borrow money himself, everything would have turned out fine. She, instead, took

out the loan on her own, and didn’t even clue in her husband. She tried to

avoid having his pride injured by forcing him to borrow money, even though it

was necessary to save his life.

From this experience she grew. She learned about human nature, and

about the value of money, and had even learned a lesson of practicality.

Instead of clueing in her husband about what she had done, (the final step in

the maturation process she had undergone — being able to accept blame) she kept

quiet and left him ignorant. She lived her life in an illusion, pretending to

be the old Nora that she was, and not the new and changed woman she had

developed into. She didn’t let the person she had become permeate all the

aspects of her life. She let the illusion of the old Nora continue well after

she had become a new person. Eventually she evolved into a person who couldn’t

stand to be married to Helmer anymore.

Helmer: Nora, I would gladly work for you night and day, and endure

sorrow and hardship for your sake. But no man can be