Irony
Situational Irony is present when Nora is discussing Krogstad’s forgery with her husband in Act 1. Minutes before this conversation, Krogstad approached Nora about her own forgery of her father’s signature.
Personification - “consumption of the spine” (Ibsen 20) The spine cannot consume itself.
Anaphora - “you are my best and truest friend” (Ibsen 26)
Nora can rarely be taken seriously. Although she says this, her actions throughout the play prove that she would rather be alone than confined to a friend.
Oxymoron – “the miracle of miracles would have to happen” (Ibsen 45)
This example suggests an oxymoron, because saying that there would need to be a double miracle is equivalent to saying that the proposed idea will never come true.
Metaphor – “how much it costs a man to keep such a little bird as you” (Ibsen 3)
At this point Torvald is comparing Nora to a bird by saying that people would not expect her to spend as much money as she does. The Bird reference is saying that birds are typically low maintenance, but Nora is not.
