Nora In The 1800's Analysis

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Nora in the 1800’s feels trapped because, her role as a women and what she wants to do is different. She wants to do things on her own without the help of a male counterpart. She believes it is wrong that a women cannot help her dying father or husband, without them criticize her. Nora wants to people to trust her and know that she can she do things without people standing over her. Even her friend Kristine does not believe that she can do things by herself. That is why she ends up leaving Torvald

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