Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House is largely a story of the sacrifices of women in .
There are three female characters in the play and it is no coincidence that .
they each represent a certain amount of female sacrifice in particular the sacrifice of .
some happiness in life for economic reasons. Anne-Marie, the nanny, gave up her own .
child in order to take the job of raising Nora in place of Nora's mother. Mrs. Linde in .
order to help her family, has given up a life with her true life in order to marry a man .
with money. Nora has given up her identity to fit into Torvald's concepts of a wife and .
marriage. Nora also gives up her children for what she believes is their own good. The .
last sacrifice is that of a child to her parents, a sacrifice that Mrs. Linde makes but Nora .
ignores.
Although Anne-Marie is a minor character in the play her background is yet .
another example of the sacrifices faced by women throughout the story. When Anne-.
Marie is younger she decides to give her daughter over to strangers so that she might take .
the job of being Nora's nurse. .
When Mrs. Linde's mother is sick and her brothers are too young to take care of .
themselves, Mrs. Linde leaves her dearly beloved, but poor, Krogstad in order to marry a .
wealthy man. After her husband dies, she is left with nothing and is forced to work odd .
jobs to support her family until her mother dies and her brothers are older. .
In stark contrast to the other two Nora has led a life of relative comfort at first .
glance. Unlike Anne-Marie and Katherine Linde whose struggle has been obvious and .
exterior, Nora's troubles take the form of an dishonest marriage and secret unhappiness. .
At first Nora's troubles seem trivial in comparison with Mrs. Linde's and indeed Mrs. .
Linde looks down on Nora because of the fact. However, it's not long before Mrs. .
Linde's attitude brings out Nora's deepest problem, her loan and it's accompanying .
deception.
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