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In "A Doll's House", by Henrik Ibsen, Nora doesn't follow the standard of behavior for women in the 1800's, and is reprimanded by good and bad consequences soon thereafter. Nora breaks the modus operandi for the women in the 19th century, because of many raison d'etres; foremost, of course is the scrounging of money from Krogstad. She borrowed without approval from Torvald, and she had been paying it back for eight years. Women in the …

…the undoing of Nora's marriage, as a result of her departure. Consequences can be beneficial, but can also be ruinous, in the case of Nora and her sought after self-sovereignties. Nora doesn't follow the customaries for women in the 19th century, and is inundated by good and bad consequences, consistently. Her motives for her untraditional conduct may have been, literally, in the best interest of other; however, ultimately, the actions were all for her self.