The Modern Nora The possibility of a "Nora- existing this day and age is absolute. ... The "Nora- of today, however, brings up a few specific pictures to mind. ... However, "Nora's- can be found in both upper and lower class families and the young woman may not even be able to care for children if she was to poor to do so. Therefore, today's "Nora- may or may not be able to care for her own children. ... In fact, there are probably many "Nora's- existing today. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This character is Nora Helmer, wife to Torvald Helmer, and mother of two. She sways between the person she pretends to be and the one she will some day become, without actually being able to develop a sense of self. ... Early in their marriage, Nora borrowed a large sum of money from Nils Krogstad to be able to take the ill Torvald to a warm climate. ... Nora's actions are justifiable in my opinion, his are not. ... Nora had sinned for the well-being of another. ...

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By keeping the women out of the government as well as the work place, men were able to make women inferior to them. ... Her father viewed Nora as a possession to amuse him. ... Again, Nora must keep her father happy. ... Rank say to Nora "I thought [macaroons] were forbidden here" (1085). ... Everyone in the play refers to her as little Nora. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In fact, Nora is a forger. ... However, in Act II, Nora begins to change. ... Nora quietly, calmly replies "Yes. ... Torvald can never see Nora as an individual. ... Using irony, symbols, and metaphors Ibsen's able to show his audience exactly what happened in the Victorian era. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Torvald controls Nora to an extreme extent. ... Another example of this is that he pays Nora an allowance, just as a father would. ... Torvald views Nora more as an object rather than a person. ... Once he reads Krogstad's letter, he says that Nora is no longer able to take care of their children. ... Torvald's attitude toward himself and Nora are important to the meaning of the play. ...

• Word Count: 288
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

Nora is the beloved wife of Torvald Helmer. ... He treats Nora as a child. ... Too bad that Nora was able to realize only after eight years that she lives with a hypocrite. ... When a woman loves, as Nora does, nothing else matters. ... In the end Nora only wants to be independent. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Nora's thoughts about Mrs. ... Nora tells Mrs. Linde about her family's journey to Italy due to her husband serious illness, which was quite expensive, and the only way they were able to afford it was by using the money that Nora's father left to her before he died. ... Nora offers a macaroon to Dr. ... Nora admits this to be the case. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Nora is portrayed as a doll that is subject to follow Torvald's demands. ... Nora was exploited by Torvald but in this scene, Ibsen finally made Nora stand for her own rights as every woman was doing in this time. ... Ibsen's entire play revolves around Nora's character. The interactions between Nora and Torvald show that Nora is exploited through both verbal and sexual language. ... Through analyzing Nora's character, Ibsen is successfully able to represent the exploitation of woman during this era. ...

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Through the technique of foreshadowing, Ibsen shows how Nora is able to gain a power over Torvald, which she then uses to her advantage. ... Because Nora has borrowed from Krogstad, he is using this power to influence her role as a matriarch in society. Nora's foil, Mrs Linde, wants structure to her life, which she has not had since the death of her husband, which is in stark contrast to Nora, who is more enigmatic and mysterious; willing to hold secrets. ... Ibsen also conveys this through Torvalds sexual desire to be with Nora at the party. ... He says to Nora 'whatever you'...

• Word Count: 926
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Here, Torvald is certainly degrading Nora because he addresses her as if she is his pet or small child. ... Thus, illustrating the social constraint which tyrannizes Nora in the life she chooses to lead. ... There is definitely so much more to Nora than meets the eye, and she is more than just a doll to be played with. ... However, an outcry to this conventional outlook is realized through Nora Helmer and Evey Hammond. ... Moreover, through their dissimilar journeys in life, they both are able to realize their unexploited potential as women and ultimately rise to the occasion to meet their gr...

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Nora is like Mrs. ... Nora may be the wife of Torvald, but Nora doesn't feel like she's playing the role of a wife. ... Nora did a lot for Torvald. ... Nora takes a risk to save her family. ... She wants to be able to follow her very own ambitions, beliefs and most importantly her own identity, to finally become more than just the wife to Torvald. ...

• Word Count: 674
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• Grade Level: High School

In Hendrick Ibsen's A Doll's House women like Nora, Mrs. ... Linde was able to get a job but since she was a woman the jobs that were available were low paying and certain jobs were constricted to women. ... Linde provides a foil to Nora. ... The Nurse raised Nora and now it seems that she will be raising Nora's three children also. ... Nora, Mrs. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

One of the more obvious character that is unhappy because of gender roles is Nora. In the play, Torvald, Nora's husband, expects Nora to serve only her "husband and children", but she is unhappy, with the life that is forced upon her, because she has "Duties to myself.... He has to be independent and able and self-reliant and can't ask for help from someone who is as needy as a woman. ...

• Word Count: 663
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School