... , and she "enters into her regular clothes,"" symbolic of her entrance into this new, truer, life (1096). Indeed, this transformation in the character of Nora elucidates an important theme in the play: the need for individuals to rid themselves of the "costumes- they wear "their false ... , tragedies, "the protagonist [tragic hero] becomes a man from the middle or lower social rank who suffers a commonplace or domestic disaster- . The character of Torvald Helmer seems to fit this description. DiYanni notes that one characteristic of the tragic hero is a change of fortune from good to bad...

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... woman who suddenly wakes up and sees her marital situation, sees the "life-lie" on which she has based her life. She is married to and has had children by "a stranger", somebody who has always treater her like a child and a possession. She had believed she was happy, but discovers that this type of happiness was based on a much more comprehensive masquerade ... only when she discovers the emptiness behind her notion of "the miracle" that her mind is fully liberated. At this point she clearly stands as one of Ibsen's most "liberated" character - in the sense she then acknowledges no cons...

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