"A Doll's House": Nora's strength.

In the play "A Dolls House", by Henrik Ibsen, a breakthrough author who put critical spotlights on Victorian era morals, and ethics presented in society, the strength of a woman, not common during Ibsen's time, was portrayed realistically. This realistic plot and what was considered an "immoral conclusion" in the 1800s, brought attention to how a woman in those times could rise up against society's standards. Nora Helmer, the protagonist in this play, is married …

…the story, and is greatly assisted by certain events, conversations, and realizations which are aided by Mrs. Linde, and Dr. Rank. Her achievement of self-actualization is official when she walks out of the door, leaving Torvald and the children, in order to educate herself, meet the world, and become a better person, with the help of other people that will assist her along her journey to understanding the world, and beginning to think for herself.