Nora Helmer was not your ordinary housewife. My first inclination of her was a spoiled little doll that was married to very successful man with nothing less then the world to look forward to. She was blessed with a maid to make sure the house was kept up, a nurse who was like a second mother to her three children, and a newly promoted bank manger for a husband to bring home the bacon. It was apparent that her only real responsibility was to be every thing she was expected to be to keep her children and her husband happy. She did an excellent job of playing miss goody little wife and mother in her household. The image she created for herself was acceptable and moral and most of all kept her in a woman's place.

It was not until Nora was reacquainted with her old friend Miss Kristine Linde that the true fibers of Nora Helmer where revealed. Miss Linde was a widow who's husband left her with nothing. It had also seemed to her that Nora was carefree in the world and knew nothing of the worlds s

That's the story of Nora Helmer. She was a woman who dequised her life for the sake of others. I believe that Nora would have hidden under this security blanket for as long as she could until a snake came along and threatened to reveal her secret. Mr. Krogstad was his name and he was the only one besides Miss Linde who knew of Nora's forgery. He was the same man that approved Nora's loan at the bank and was also the same man that was about to lose his job as Mr. Helmer's employee. He used his knowledge of Nora's wrong doing as a bribe to force her to influence her husband to let him keep his job.

They call this story a Doll House because of the role that so many woman play in their homes everyday. Love should be built on mutual terms, and respect should be a given. I said before that Nora Helmer was not your everyday housewife. She only lead people to believe it so she would fit into how our society has been made up to keep a woman in her place. If any thing Nora proved to the world that the mask that so many women wear is by choice and not obligation. Its not the ability to wear this mask and buy into shame that makes you a person, it's the responsibility as a woman to have the courage to take it off.

The only character that I can think to compare Nora to would be Superman. She is very kind and gentle. Though she may dwell in your presence every day she wears a disguise t

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Approximate Word count = 945
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)