Christine, throughout the play, plays the role of a typical woman in society of that time period. She appears to be just a normal, ordinary woman. Christine tries to also fill the role of mother and caretaker, this is shown when Christine makes the decision for Krogstad to leave his letter to Torvald in the letterbox, in an attempt to bring out all of the lies that have been haunting their marriage, show Torvald who Nora really is, she wanted to bring out "complete understanding"(52) and wanted their "secret"(52) to be disclosed and see if they could actually work things out as man and wife. It is also fairly obvious that Christine likes her role in society and actively pursues ways that she could be a mother or a caretaker to someone, and if she is unable to fulfill that role than she pitys herself and tries desperately to get others to pity her and feel sorry for her. This idea is shown several times in the play. First when Christine complains about

Nora is an extremely dynamic character and is very two-sided. There is the side of her that is seen at the beginning parts of the play where she, like the other characters, plays the role of a typical wife and acts the way that Torvald would want her to act. It appeared as though Nora was a model wife this is clear the way that Torvald treats her with his little pet names calling her "skylark", "squirrel", "spendthrift", and "songbird." However, early on, the reader learns that Nora is extremely independent. This is clear when we see how quickly and easily Nora comes out with lies. For instance, when Christine, Rank, and Nora were in the room eating macaroons and Rank asked if she was allowed to eat them and she said without hesitation that Christine brought them over and that she didn't know any better. Also when she talks about the time where she was in the room for two weeks working on "Christmas ornaments" when in fact she was actually working on bonds. And perhaps, the most drastic lie performed by Nora in the play, when she forged her father's signature in order to get money to help Torvald which started the whole mess with Krogstad and Christine. Then one of the few times that Nora slipped up on a lie was when Krogstad came looking for he

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