Through the presentation of Norway in the 1800’s I gained the understanding that men were the bread winners and the dominant in the relationship and vice versa for the women, women were to stay at home, run errands, and give birth. In their society, men didn’t do the women’s roles and women didn’t do the men’s role. Also, marriages stayed within social classes. Nora and Torvald were both middle class that is one reason they are together. Also, the climate of Norway was warm summers and extremely harsh winters which is shown in the book when everybody is wearing huge coats, hats, and other winter clothing. Many Norwegian families only had very few children just as Torvald and Nora did. In the 1830’s, there was an economic growth and that was
