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A Dolls House

A Dolls House represents a women's marital life from many years ago. The central theme of this play is Nora''s rebellion against society and everything that was expected of her. Nora shows this by breaking away from all the standards and expectations her husband and society had set up for her. Women were not considered of importance to their husbands and that made women feel like in a "dolls house", such as with Nora and her husband Helmer. In her time women were not supposed to be independent. They were to support their husbands, take care of the children, cook, clean, and make everything perfect around the house. Nora had two main rebellions; her taking out the loan, and when she left her family, and everything was all planned out by her.
Nora''s first rebellion was when she took out a loan so that she could pay for her husband, Torvald's medical treatment. It was against the law......

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