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Doll House1

l for her to either reveal the truth to her husband or commit suicide, but instead she runs to other alternative solutions. Nora tries to undertake actions that were not very appropriate for women to take during the late 1800s, and her fears end up leading her to hide the truth of the blackmail from her husband. However, when Helmer discovers the letter, Nora loses herself, her power of control, and is forced to face the music. This next scene in the play, when Helmer becomes aware of the secret, represents the reaction a typical man would give to his wife back in the Victorian era. As the truth of the letter lies revealed, Helmer becomes obsessed with the deterioration of his reputation. To Nora, he unveils his true self and heartlessly tells her how she is a hypocrite, a liar, an unfit mother, and coldly says to her, “…how you have ruined my entire happiness…jeopardized my whole future.” (Ibsen 974) When in fact she did it so he could be alive to have a future. Regardless of how Helmer shoots down his wife with horrible putdowns, he still insists on staying together and hiding the truth. This made it clear to Nora that rather than being in an honorable marriage, Helmer was more concerned with the political aspect. Then when the I.O.U. was delivered, he rejoiced because his reputation was saved. Yet Nora had already seen his real feelings and realized that she was never truly loved by this stranger. So without staying a night more, Nora leaves her life behind to take care of herself; independently. Which was completely unheard of for women to walk out on their husbands and kids to start a new life during the Victorian era. Women were just meant to sit and be pretty, to be simple and allowed to do nothing!In Ibsen’s A Doll House, he clearly attacks the dishonorable way women were treated during the Victorian era. However, throughout the play Nora becomes strong and at the end it appears that sh...

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