In today’s world we see many children that grow up in homes where they are not loved or isolated. These conditions can affect a person for the rest of their life. Two examples of this are the characters Emily Grierson from “A Rose for Emily” and Nora Helmer from A Doll’s House. Both of these women lived a very altered adult life due to the way they were raised. As a little girl Emily was extremely sheltered by her father. She wasn’t allowed to date men or experiment with what life had to offer. Her father meant the world to her. When he passed, she lost the ability to cling onto someone for comfort. This damaged Emily for the rest of her life. She isolated herself from her community and began to decay physically and mentally. Nora’s childhood was very similar to Emily’s. Her father also sheltered her and treated her as if she was his “doll”. This even carried over into her married life. Her husband Helmer treated her as if she was a toy and held her back from experiencing life through her own eyes. Nora eventually came to the realization that she did not know anything about the world and needed to leave her husband to strike out on her own. Due to their upbringing both of these w
Nora’s life revolved around managing the house and entertaining her husband, Helmer. Helmer was a typical man of his day and sheltered his wife. Nora was so loyal to her Helmer that she put her self in debt to help him recover from an illness. Nora borrowed money from a family friend named Krogstad to help pay for her husbands treatment. She kept this a secret their entire marriage until Krogstad was willing to black mail her so he could get a job at the bank. Krogstad was going to tell Helmer her secret unless Nora could convince him into hiring him at the bank.
omen had trouble leading normal adult lives and keeping healthy relationships.
Nora could not avoid the inevitable of Helmer finding out. Instead of thanking her for putting her self in debt to help him, he completely be raids her. In his mind she was a disgrace. In her mind she did this out of love. Helmer and Nora have to different takes on love. Helmer believes that sheltering his wife will keep her safe from the evils of the world. Nora on the other hand does not know anything else in life besides keeping the man in her life happy. Nora was warped from her sheltered childhood and Helmer was warped because of the society they lived in. The ordeal puts Nora over the edge. Unlike Emily who would have shut herself off from the world and ran from her problems, Nora will attack her problems head on. In her epiphany to her husband she professes her love for him and also the need to go out on her own and live her own life. Nora realizes that she needs to grow physically, spiritually and mentally on her own terms. She decided to leaver her husband and her children to pursue her goals and dreams.
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