Nora's Identity

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The story “Doll house” written by Ibsen, is a very interesting play. The story is about a woman trying to find her identity while dealing with the conflict of her life. This play goes into a woman’s life discussing her need for independence and society. All of the characters in the story pretend to be someone else, when they should stay true to themselves. Nora is one of the main characters in this play and is Torvald’s wife. Her actions can be described as loving, childish, and manipulative at times Nora’s childish behavior seen by her husband, and friends begins to change as she starts to make become more Independent for herself. Through Ibsen’s controversial play, the readers can learn how society can alter an individual’s identity, affect
Krogstead knows about Nora’s forgery, decided to blackmail her, and have her persuade her husband not to fire him. Krogstead would tell everyone about Nora’s forgery realizing it would ruin Torvald’s reputation and cause legal consequences against Nora and her husband. Krogstead is very upset and did mention to Nora “The law cares nothing about motives”. (Ibsen Act 1) Nora’s dishonesty towards her husband has he very fearful for her life and her marriage. This secret changes the audience’s views on Nora. The secret shows a burden that she should not have to face alone. Nora is paying this debt back that she did not ask for by her allowance and is working small side jobs. Nora has proven bravery and has shown the audience the definition of true sacrifice. She chose to face this debt alone shows a true kind hearted woman who was only thinking about her family at that
Nora is not only a vessel to show women’s strong characters but, also shows women are very strong individuals who are capable of anything. She also points out society’s views back in that time frame, like women were only viewed as housewife’s and were to give the man his needs at any time. This is all shown through Nora’s life. She was seen only as a child, and immature adult but, as Nora began to grow we were able to see the beautiful independent woman that she became. When she decided to leave for good, she was able to receive her freedom, and

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