A Doll House Nora Relationship

Changes in Relationships According to yourdictionary.com, character development is the “process of creating a believable character in fiction by giving the character depth and personality.” As a reader, one are able to grow an understanding of a character’s emotions and what provokes them to make decisions throughout a book. In A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, a woman named Nora is seen as an average housewife. However, throughout the entire novel, Nora becomes increasingly independent and breaks the typical housewife stereotype. Because of the events in Nora’s life, her character shifted as a whole and ended up changing the course of the entire plot. In the beginning of the novel, Nora was the epitome of a trophy wife. As many wives did during that time period, Nora lived vicariously through her husband and prided herself in her spouse’s accomplishments. While talking to her friend, Mrs. Linde, she couldn’t help but exclaim, “Just fancy, my husband has been made the manager of the Bank!” (Ibsen 17) While thinking about the large amount of …show more content…
She wanted to be self-sufficient, no matter how hard the struggle was. She explains to Torvald that “[he doesn’t] understand [her], and [she has] never understood [him] either” (Ibsen 75). In act 3, there was an instance where Torvald asked Nora what she was doing. Nora replied with, “[t]aking off [her] fancy dress” (Ibsen 74). This symbolizes dropping the facade of a beautiful trophy wife. She was dropping the act, and the true Nora was being unleashed. During the fight caused by Nora telling Torvald that she wants to leave, Helmer suggests that “lesson-time shall begin,” to which Nora responds by insisting that Torvald is “not the man to educate [her] into being a proper wife for [him]” (Ibsen 77). Nora realizes that she is an individual rather than a shadow of her spouse, and demanded that she lives her life to her own