Instead of needing his help and protection, Torvald finds out that it was only Nora's role playing and really she was capable of working and doing deceptive things. Torvald's response to the letter shows that he has very little self-awareness and really thought that the "role-plays" were reality.
5. Torvald believes that marriage and family are important, and that the man or husband is in control. Torvald thinks that men should make all of the choices and that they must protect and watch out for their families, particularly their wives. Torvald had already made up his mind to fire Krogstad since he saw Krogstad as a bad person. When Nora tried to change his mind he probably thought she was weak or stupid or a little of both. He seemed to resent her trying to get involved with his work and his decisions, as women were not meant to have any say beyond the home. When he later wants to keep up appearances, it shows that he thinks of his wife as a trophy or something that makes him acceptable in society, rather than his equal or even his friend. This shows him as a man who values marriage as something for look, not for love.
6. Nora plays with her children and acts like a child herself. Her childlike behavior in the long run hurts her children since they are left motherless after it is found that she is not really that childlike person. Nora also makes the choice to take care of her husband over her father, showing that she is not a good daughter or a good mother. AS previously mentioned, Dr. Rank is suffering and dying from the sins of his father. Because his father was not faithful, Dr. Rank will die even though he has not done anything wrong. Like in Nora's case, Dr. Rank is a child who will suffer because their parent made bad choices.
7. Nora shows the most about individual growth, marriage, and social convention...
He feels that Nora's freedom is not a reality since she couldn't possibly just leave her house and establish her own identity without money. "Nora needs money -- to put it more elegantly, it is economics which matters in the end. Freedom is certainly not something that can be bought for money. But it can be lost through lack of money." (Found in Schwarez) In short, whatever were the reasons
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Yet as Goldman notes, Nora "worships her husband, believes in him implicitly, and is sure that if ever her safety should be menaced, Torvald, her idol, her god, would perform the miracle" that would set her free. It turned out that Mrs. Linde would set in motion the miracle that would set Nora free. A woman was required to help another woman escape the dolls' house, an incredible affirmation
" Otherwise, Nora's interest in who is employed at the bank -- Krogstad or Mrs. Lind -- would wholly ruin Torvald's carefully constructed social reality. This, essentially, is the only way in which a woman playing the feminine role is able to bend the rules; Nora can exert her influence, but only by emphasizing her helplessness. Throughout A Doll's House there is an interesting relationship between parents and their children. Recurrently,
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