Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature 5th ed.) Her father told Nora all of his opinions, and in time these opinions became Nora's opinions (1186). Torvald explains to Nora "Exactly the way your father was" (1144). Nora has in essence become her father by not having a mind of her own. If her opinions differed, Nora would hide them because her father would not have cared for them (1186). Nora was sheltered from the world. Her father shaped Nora's ideas and gave her his knowledge of how the world works The treatment of Nora's father may have been a result from how society viewed women in the 19th century, which is the second cause for Nora's behavior. Women were viewed as property of their husbands or fathers. This is a reason why the treatment of Nora as a "doll" by her father was not an issue. Nora was property of her father, and expected to mind him, as a proper young lady should. Women didn't have any rights that were equal to a man's. According to Ibsen, "...in practical life the woman is judged by man's law, as though she were not a woman but a man" (1191, "Notes for A Doll House"). Men thought that since a woman does not think or act like a man, then they are a lower being. Ibsen states, "A woman cannot be herself in the society of the present day, which is an exclusively masculine society, with laws framed by men and with a judicial system that judges feminine conduct from a masculine point of view" (1191, "Notes for A Doll House"). A man did not treat women's views as being of any worth. A woman in the 19th century is "obligated to her husband-to follow my (a man's) wishes in everything and to strictly obey my orders" (1194, "A Nineteenth-Century Husband's Letter to His Wife"). Also as a woman, one was subservient to men for financial reasons. A woman making her way on her on was a hard road to take. There were very few jobs and society viewed these women as delinquent and crazy. With this background of the gender roles in the 19th century, one can use it to understand Nora and why she acts the way she does in Ibsen's "A Doll House". It was unheard of for a woman not to mind her husband or father. Nora is loyal to her husband and family the way any 19th century wife would be. Nora's husband Torvald is another cause for Nora's behavior. Nora has been dependent on men most of her life. The dependency was taken

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