Research Paper On A Doll's House By Henrik Ibsen

In the play "A Doll's House", written by Henrik Ibsen, Nora, the main character of the play, decides to abandon her husband, her home and her children in order to find herself. It is evident from the start of the play that Nora is childish and has little experience in the real world, but as the play goes on, Nora develops and eventually becomes an independent self-thinking adult.

Nora's development starts with business transaction with Krogstad. Nora understood very little about the consequences before she made the "business transaction" with Krogstad. Even as he continued to threaten her, she was in denial. It is the first taste of reality she has in her adult life.
Krogstad opens the doors to the real world to Nora. All this time she has been a "doll to be played with" "your doll wife" and "Papa's doll child" and naive about the world
Linde is the second instance of reality: This time, it is the reality of a woman who is not married, and who has to earn her living. Nora herself says how sorry she feels for Ms. Linde and clearly shows how shallow and superficial her own life is as she compares herself with Ms. Linde, who has experienced deception, death, loneliness, and sadness. Mrs. Linde is a dramatically contrasting character, and shows how clueless Nora is of how other people live their lives. Mrs. Linde realizes that Nora doesn't see the severity of her actions and understands that keeping it from Torvald is only going to make matters worse. She tries to make Nora understand this but Nora's childish and stubborn personality doesn't want to disappoint Torvald. Though Nora never fully understood why it was important for Torvald to know, Mrs. Linde did show Nora the importance of independence taught her that there is more to life than the confides of her home and this is what encouraged her actions at the end of the play. "I must stand on my own feet if I'm to get to know myself and the world outside. That's way I can't stay here with you any