Marriage is a forever commitment between two individuals to love one another but marriages don't always have the fairytale happy ending. In Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll House, Nora and Torvald Helmer learn some things about their marriage that they have not realized until now. Nora Helmer discovers Torvald, herself, her marriage, as well as her own identity as a woman.
Nora Helmer, the wife of Torvald Helmer, throughout the whole play has been keeping a secret from her husband. A few years back when Torvald became ill the doctor recommended that the whole family move south in order for Torvald to fully recover. Torvald would not pay the money for the family to move so instead, Nora borrowed the money from the bank, without her husband knowing. During the time when this was written women didn't have the authority to do such things as what Nora did. On top of just borrowing money from the bank, without her husband knowing, she forged her fathers signature on the promissory note......
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