"Sorry"

"He grabs my wrists as my fingers turn turn into angry fists and I whisper why can't you love me, I'll change for you, I'll play the part" -Sorry Maria Mena    
          http://www.youtube.com/watchv=QS5lJOvtqR4&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1    

            
                 Initially, I chose this song because it's one of my favorites, but after really reading through the lyrics I found that there's a very applicable line to A Doll's House. As soon as I read the words, "I'll play the part" I was reminded of Nora because her entire life is just that: "playing the part". She's been in an unsatisfying marriage with her husband, Torvald, who seems to string her around like a doll and although she's quite aware of this fact she chooses to stay in the unhappy marriage and "play the part" anyway.
                 Although Nora is not concerned with Torvald loving her through the duration of the story, she definitely does when the idea of him finding out about her sneaking around behind his back all those years ago comes into play. She can't deal with the fact that there's a chance he'll stop loving her and leave if she tells him, so she fakes their entire relationship. For many years she knew what she knew, hiding the fact that she illegally borrowed money for their family. Nora harbored complete willingness to "play the part" if it meant that she could continue being "happy" and live in the comfortable lifestyle that she does.
               This idea of lifestyles shows up early on in A Doll's House when we're introduced to a vital character, Mrs. Linden. She manifests as a key player in this story because she provides a means of comparison against Nora for the reader. Mrs. Linden, paradoxically, lives the life that Nora doesn't want for herself, while at the same time living exactly the life that Nora wants for herself. Mrs. Linden is alone with no children, but with these misfortunes she also has no secrets or burdens to carry like Nora.
              Nora becomes torn between staying in her comfortable lifestyle made of lies and ridding herself of guilt by coming clean, but potentially losing the "perfect" life she has grown to know. Maria Mena's music typically has depressing overtones and messages in their lyrics and melodies so on top of being one of my favorites songs, it acts as a perfect example in representing Nora and her situation. Her depressing life and fake relationship only kept for show and comfortability is mirrored in Mena's "Sorry".