The true test of Nora's courage comes when Krogstad threatens to reveal to everyone her fraudulent signature on the bond. An otherwise timid woman, Nora's actions now show her rapid change. As Nora sends out Mrs. Linde to persuade Krogstad get to change his mind, she shows full independence and awareness of her actions. Nora's final test of courage comes, of course, at the climax of the action, after Krogstad sends the bond back and all seems to be well again. As Torvald Helmer admits .

             "I should not be a man if this womanly helplessness did not just give you a double attractiveness.Very soon you won't need me to assure you that I have forgiven you; you will yourself feel the certainty that I have done so", (p66) Nora truly realizes what a lie she has been living for the past eight years. She demonstrates now that she is liberated from Torvald's parent-like influence by leaving him to "stand quite alone.to understand myself and everything about [her]" (p71) Needless to say, the courage to part with one who you have loved for a number of years, shows how determined Nora has become to liberate herself from the shackles that society placed her. .

             In addition to Nora Helmer's growing courage, she also acquires an idealistic intention - to become equal with her husband. In her heart, she realizes the position in life that she has been given, one where she must wear a façade of cheerfulness and eagerness to please, is far lower than her potential. The reader gets a first glimpse into this desire as Nora admits to Mrs. Linde how she saved money to repay Krogstad for the loan. Nora says,.

             "Last winter I was lucky enough to get a lot of copying to do; so I locked myself up and sat writing all evening until quite late at night.it was a tremendous pleasure to sit there working and earning money. It was like being a man." (p22) .

             This innate desire to be like a man, to have responsibilities, to earn money and have work to look forward to shows Nora's unhappiness with her life.