A Doll's House created the character of Nora in order to portray how women of his time period are ignorant of their situation in society. The play also attempted to show how women are taught to play ignorant. She does not realize until the end of the play that men have always controlled her. Her ignorance is apparent through everything in her life. She does not even take the fact that she has children seriously. She has a nurse take care of her children and she visits them when she feels like it. Nora plays with her children like they are some whimsical objects that delight her for one moment and

A Doll's House uses its tools to show his obvious resentment of a society that is unequal and divided. Nora is ignorant because men have always made her that way. It is their means of suppression. By being ignorant of their situation, women of Ibsen's time are ignorant to the problem. The play uses the example of taking a loan to show the major flaws in the society and culture of this time period. A Doll's House has a problem with the fact that a woman cannot be taken seriously or even think for herself. This piece wants people to realize the problems with a society structured like this and it uses simple, everyday examples to get his point across.

Moreover, this major theme of power and control are also apparent in the relationship between Krogstad and Nora. He is blackmailing her in order to try and save his job. Krogstad knows Nora's secret and is using it to control her. Just like the norms of society during Ibsen's time, women have virtually no power. Men who were in superior positions constantly controlled the women of that time period. They have no alternative because society dictates that it must be this way. In the same way, Helmer has influence over Krogstad. In a sense, Krogstad's life is in Helmer's hands. He can fire Krogstad at his whim and send him tumbling down the social ladder again. Only in a few situations is this unspoken law true. For example in the relationship between Krogstad and Mrs. Linde, she has power over him because he is in love with her. She has the ability to control his actions and possibly save Nora by using his love for her against him. This theme of power and control is a major issue throughout the play.

The end of the play concludes with Nora deciding to start a new life alone. She has come to terms with her ignorance and realized that up to this point, she has been the object of a man's control. Her rebirth, whether a good decision or not, occurs after she decides to leave Helmer and live a life of her own. Up to this point in the play, Nora is not a person because she has always been an object. Society and her own ignorance have always controlled her. After she walks out on her husband, children and everything she has ever known, Nora becomes her own person. For the first time in her life she is on her own and can think for her. Nora tells Helmer at the end of the play that, "I ha

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