The Psychology of Nora

The Psychology of Nora Many have called Ibsen’s A Doll House a promotion of women’s rights or a work of romanticism. It is much more than that. Nora’s psychological makeup is a result of an oppressive, emotionally depriving and possibly abusive father, and an absent mother. Her flighty actions are the ones of a child, because as a child, that is probably the only way she got attention, and she was never …showed first 75 words of 1611 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1611 total…In the end, on! e can see Nora’s struggle to break free of her caged prison. In the beginning of the play, she is first weak and childlike. She then gains some strength to stand up to Mrs. Linde, even going as far as helping her, and to push off Krogstad. She finally, after Torvald boldly reveals his true character, breaks free of her cage and does what birds do best—Fly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**