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A Dolls House: Nora’s rebellion against society 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. In her time women weren’t supposed to be independent. They were to support their husbands, take care of the children, cook, clean, and make everything perfect …

…the decision-maker. This was, at that time “a perfect marriage”, the only thing it lacked was love and understanding. This was shown when got mad when he found out that she took out the loan to save his life. Ibsen uses Nora’s rebellions to show that society’s expectations of a woman’s roll in a marriage were wrong and that there should be more equality, love, and understanding in Torvalds and Noras marriage.