Character Scrutinize Nora

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Torvald is not the only character scrutinizing Nora for being classified as a “doll”, Mrs. Linde does not take her seriously either. Mrs. Kristine Linde refuses to take Nora seriously, simply because she is even everything she needs and never has to work for any of it; unlike Mrs. Linde. These two women have grown up together throughout the years, so she is well aware how nice Nora has it. Mrs. Linde has been a window for three years (Ibsen 893) and after her husband’s business fell apart after his death, she scraped “up a living with a shop and a little teaching…[it has] been one endless workday without rest for me” (Ibsen 895). Mrs. Linde has recently had to work for her earnings, which is not the societal norm. She reinforces to Nora how

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