Nora is portrayed as both a childish like women who is a strong female character. Nora is also portrayed as someone who is deceiving and secretive. She has taken out a loan by forgering her fathers signature. This is the one and only thing she can be proud and happy for. This is the one thing in life she had complete control over that Torvald could not take away from her as long as he did not know. When Krogstad threaten to tell her husband Nora was scared that the one thing she was able to accomplish in her life as going to be taken away. "This secret-my joy and pride" She was not only worried that her husband would hear it from Krogstad "that he should learn it in such a crude and disgusting way - learn it from you" but that he would see what she had done the same way Krogstad saw it, as an act of forgery that will ruin her reputation and w

Trovald would always speak to her in childlike tones with animal pet names. "Is that my little lark twittering out there?" Is that my little squirrel rummaging around?. Nora is not capable of making her own decision for the fear of Trovald disapproving of what she does. Nora is Trovalds doll who dresses up, sings and dances for him as a doll entertains a child. Nora is a 'wife and child" to Trovald, and nothing more. She is his doll, a plaything on display to the world, of little intellectual value and even less utility in his life.

Noras not only is dishonest to her husband but also to herself. Throughout the play she makes herself believe that she is happy and that life is good. "Oh Kristine, I feel so light and happy" "Oh dear God, Kristine, what a lovely thing to live and be happy.

Nora feels she is unable to live with out Trovald. " Yes, Torvald, I can't get anywhere without your help. She feels she is happier when she is under the care and supervision of Trovald. Trovald is the one who makes all the decisions in the family, from the upbringing of the children to what Nora will wear for the party. "Torvald, couldn't you take over and decide what I should be and plan my costume. "

In the final act Nora's childlike manner is changed. She realizes after all that has happened and through her fear of Trovald finding out about the forgery that she need to move on in her life to find herself and become independent from her husband. Nora realizes after eight years of marriage that she has been married to a stranger. There marriage was one of convenience. For Nora she got her children and

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