In the play A Doll’s House, Henrik Isben tells us the life of the loving wife Nora. Controlled like a doll her whole life, Nora must question everything she believes in when her marriage is put to a true test. Having borrowed money from Krogstad, a man with a bad reputation, and by forging her father’s signature, she was able to save Trovald, her sick husband by taking him on a yearlong trip …showed first 75 words of 987 total…

…showed last 75 words of 987 total…Torvald, I have changed my things now” (Act 3, sp 258). “At this moment, Nora seems to perceive her own correlation between her desire and the symbolic Father to whom she constantly turned for her own salvation. Once she learns the truth, … that Trovald has no intention of sacrificing himself for her, …”(Shidler, 283). Upon figuring this out, she decides to free herself from all lies. It is then she feels strong enough to tell Torvald the truth.