Being a 19th century woman, Nora Helmer was at a disadvantage since work outside the home and education was not acceptable, unless they were a widow or single. One reason for this lack of education was for the sole purpose of dominance, as stated by author Ramona Mihăilă, “women consider that their intellectual inferiority is generated by their deficient in education, and they accuse both the society and men for keeping them in ignorance, in order to dominate them better” (657). Hence, women were to be attractive, delicate creatures submissive to their husbands and caretakers of the children. Remarkably, N. I. Trofin condemned men for not allowing the women to receive education that in turn could lead to moral corruption in the pursuit of money.