Critics have argued tirelessly about the societal implications of Nora’s character in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. Many claim her purpose was to raise awareness for women’s rights in a society where deep-seeded traditions and prejudices kept independent women from voting, retaining basic property rights or pursuing higher education. And while Ibsen had been an active advocate for gender equality and was motivated by the belief that “…a women cannot be herself in… an exclusively male society,” he himself stated that he “must disclaim the honor of having consciously worked for the women's rights movement," during the creative process of A Doll’s House since he wrote "without any conscious thought of making propaganda.” Even with this truth,
