Nora is more mature and responsible than Helmer believes she is. In act one after reading the letter revealing Nora’s betrayal Helmer says to Nora,“your father’s flimsy values come out in you”(Ibsen 1769). Helmer’s love for his wife comes from her constant and consistent obedience towards him. Once Helmer read the letter detailing her alleged betrayal it was evident Nora was not as obedient as he thought. In all aspects Nora was Helmer’s stringed puppet in his doll house. Helmer viewed her betrayal as a weakness, but was actually Nora's strength, she did what needed to be done in a time of crisis. Nora never burdened her husband with the loan because it was her cross to bear not his. Nora knew how her husband would take in, on the news of the loan so she hid it not out of shame or guilt but love. Nora took out the loan to take care of Helmer, when he was sick because she loved him. If Nora was as immature and irresponsible as Helmer believed she wouldn't have stepped up as a wife taking care of her husband. In the end the person Nora loved only loved who he wanted her to be. Nora made the …show more content…
Linde and Nora are examples of that time era’s struggle in women's rights. A Doll House is set in a time era when women had very few rights, women couldn't vote or take out a loan. Women were viewed as a possession to be held or puppet to play with. In a short perspective essay Ibsen says,“a judicial system that judges feminine conduct from a masculine point of view” (Ibsen. Chater 1777). Mrs. Linde who was independent, no husband, no children wanted to marry Krogstad and raise his children. She chose that of her own accord not that of a man. Nora chose of her own free will to leave her husband and children to become her own person, to be free and independent. Nora made her own decision, one that Helmer resented and one that could leave her children one day resenting her as well, but in the end it was Nora’s