Victorian answer of marrying a wealth man to support her. Second it was thought that a woman’s greatest satisfaction comes from the service to her family. Mrs. Linde definitely longs for this satisfaction. ",I am like a shipwrecked woman clinging to some wreckage-no one to mourn for, no one to care for"(Ibsen 50). She wishes that she had someone to be of service to. As for Nora she is obligated to serve and please her family, especially Torvald. "I will do every-thing I can think of to please you, Torvald!-I will sing for you, dance for you-"(Ibsen25). She makes a wonderful trophy for her husband. Just like in men’s values, the women’s values have a shadier side also. Because Mrs. Linde was forced to marry for money she left her real true love, Krogstad. "-a heartless woman jilts a man when a more lucrative chance turns up?"(Ibsen 49). Krogstad’s love life was ruined by the thoughtless values of Victorian times. Liza, on the other hand, is aware of the problems with this seemingly simple value. "I sold flowers. I didn’t sell myself"(Shaw 616). After Higgins presents the solution of marriage for security, Liza expresses that that is not her idea of a solution. Liza is kind of the heroine against the evils of Victorian values. Yet, Mrs. Linde shows the virtue of service to family as a wish, or blessing, she finds if you are not obligated to service, like Nora was by Torvald, you will enjoy caring for your husband and children. "Nils, give me someone and something to work for"(Ibsen 51). This is what she wishes to happen between her and Krogstad. But, in Nora’s case, her statements of service are only there to cover up her dark secret, and prevent Torvald from discovering it. Throughout the play Nora act as Torvald’s doll, and in the end she turns all her Victorian values upside down. It seemed as though her service to family was important, but she overlooked something more important, herself. In t...
