How Is Nora Justified In A Doll's House

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manipulative and in a way sexest that he believes that only the women can have a negative impact on the children, when in fact it seems as if Nora is the only one who is very concerned about the wellbeing of her kids and family in general. The reader also learns that Nora may believe that she is doing her children wrong by being around them whilst conducting evil activities that also involve dishonesty. The only reason why she is partaking in these illegal activities is to help and save her family while Torvald does nothing at all, and he seeks the opportunity to manipulate her head and make her feel bad and paranoid about the good she is trying to do. Torvald uses words such as “evil” and “deceitful” to describe a horrible mother, which makes Nora feel even more concerned and worried about the wellbeing of her children and if she should even be around them. Her leaving her family can, in a sense, be viewed as Torvald’s fault for …show more content…

All these factors have made the decision Nora's has to make very difficult, but in the end I would say her decision to leave her family is justified due to her good intentions and good morals. The hardest part about her decision is the concern for the future of her children, it is evident that she did not have a very good childhood with unfit parents, and that has impacted how she is today, so due to her depressing childhood, she does not wish the same for her children. On one hand, she has the choice of whether to leave, which consists of the following consequences: her children would grow up motherless which could lead them to have the horrible childhood she had, Torvald could act just as her condescending father did, and her children