Nora and Torvald are nurtured in a society where male is the dominant figure. Torvald believes that the male should be protective of the female and head the family. At first, Nora has no complains and she just takes it as it is. She enjoys her “beautiful, happy home” (54). Therefore, Torvald claims himself to “have [has] strength and courage enough as a man to take on the whole weigh [problems] myself [himself]” (79). This believe of his which seems to the norm of the culture defines Nora as the weak. She is constantly nicknamed by Torvald as “song bird” or “poor thing” or “my little darling” throughout the text. Nora has no problem with Torvald’s masculine pride because she fantasizes that Torvald loves her and she understands hi

Nora’s secret from her past being revealed is another way of how the past has intensified the current conflict between Nora herself and between Nora and Torvald. Nora throughout the play has been struggling with this secret of borrowing money without Torvald consent. She’s afraid to tell Torvald because she knows that it is going to hinder on their relationship. Nora has wondered why “A wife can’t borrow without her husband’s consent, (53)” and “is it indiscreet to save your [her] husband’s life (54) and a wife hasn’t a right to save her husband’s life?” She doesn’t see borrowing money to save her husband’s life as that big of a concern and thinks that Torvald will take all the blame for her if one day he finds out. At one point Nora shows total trust in Torvald by vehemently answers Krostad that “if my husband finds out, then of course he’ll pay what I owe once and we’d be done with you (64).” However, to Nora’s disappointment, Torvald’s reaction to this issue is not what she thinks it would be. Torvald after realizing what Nora has done he expresses his angry, and shock in the is passage:

If only Torvald has given Krostad a second chance by listening to Nora’s plead, then maybe this Nora’s struggle of becoming a self may not be successful. Nora’s secret would never be uncovered to Torvald. The reason behind why Torvald insists on firing Krostad is because of an incident with Nora’s father in the past. Torvald complains about violating his moral principals to remain quiet on an issue, with which Nora’s father was at fault. Torvald sees this as a black dot that has contaminated his life and he refuses to be involved in nay immoral conduct again such as keeping Krostad at the bank. He believes Krostad is untrustworthy to work with due to his previous misconducts.

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