Essay On A Doll's House By Henrik Ibsen

so eager to help me! It’s doubly kind of you, since you know so little of the burdens and troubles of life... My dear! Small household cares and that sort of thing! You’re a child, Nora.” (Ibsen 1606) When facing with her husband’s illness, she chooses to step out of the boundaries drawn for her as a woman by society. Due to a sickness Torvald had, Nora takes a loan from Krogstad, imitates her father’s signature in order to save her husband’s life. She does not think much about her act; she states out her understanding of her act when confronting with Krogstad, “Isn’t a daughter allowed to spare her dying father anxiety and concern? Isn’t a wife allowed to save her husband’s life?” (Yuehua 83) In fact, Nora is not conscious of this reality. She does what she thinks it right without consideration. When Mrs. Linde discusses her decision, Nora says, “How painful and humiliating it would be for Torvald, with his masculine pride, to know that he owed me anything! It would completely upset the balance of our relationship. Our

He portrays women as unequal to men and shows that their role is to sacrifice themselves. All of the female characters, including Nora, Mrs. Linde and Anne Marie, have to sacrifice themselves but would not never get the benefit. Nora has given up her identity to fit into Torvald’s life. Nora loves her husband that she borrows money from Krogstad for saving Torvald’s life. After all, she has to leave her children and her family. Mrs. Linde leaves her true love to marry a rich man for support. Anne Marie sacrifices her child up for adoption in order to survive in the society. During the nineteenth century, a woman only holds the sacrificial role in the society. It seems that she is expected to sacrifice everything and anything no matter what class she is from. She was taught to please everyone else throughout the society no matter how hard it could