Throughout the history of the world in most cultures women have been considered the submissive figure. In this role the female character would commonly have the main duties of caring for the children and pleasing her husband. Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll House shows one of these stereotypical marriages and the eventual realization of the life that is being lead by the woman submissive, in this case, Nora. Nora’s realization at the end of …showed first 75 words of 897 total…

…showed last 75 words of 897 total…simply a sudden realization. She is introduced to us as a helpless housewife who is incapable of thinking for herself. Yet she strengthens throughout the play at each turn, through her interaction with Mrs. Linde, her argument with Krogstad, and finally when Torvald does not carry out the “miracle” she had hoped for. After she experiences she finally has the strength to break away from her “doll house” and start a life of her own.