Nora's Decision to Leave Her Husband in "The Doll's House" by Ibsen

The Doll’s House
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The Doll’s House
A Doll’s House, written by Henrik Ibsen, is a genre of study that illustrates the cultural conflicts of the 1800s. This drama is intended to portray the tragic hypocrisy of nineteenth-century marriages on the stage. The drama features a woman, Nora, who has been married to Torvald for eight years before she realized that she had no control of her life. Nora spends most of her time in her marriage as a doll. Nora had come from a childhood of controlling father to whom she followed each condition he imposed on her. Now in her present life, her husband is over-protective and egoistic as her father, allowing her no chance to act on her own or pursue anything to make herself a reasonable human being. Just as Nora holds, it is a sacred duty to make or at least try to make herself a better human; I agree that she made the right decision to leave her husband.
In her marriage, Nora spends most of her time as a passive and tame character with no personality. Instead, her life is defined by the expectations of others and societal customs. However, an incident forces Nora to take a life-changing decision, to leave her husband. After borrowing money to save his husband after a long illness, the lender threatened to expose her forging her father's signature. Though Torvald had promised to rescue his wife whenever a danger befalls her, he did not keep his words. Instead, he denounces his wife, relieves her of her duties as a mother, and denies her any form of intimacy. As a result, Nora opts to leave his husband and children to discover herself. I agree with Nora's decision to leave his husband; after all, even his husband adamantly admits some truth to Nora’s decision.
Earlier in the nineteenth century, women and their children were always romanticized and placed in a situation, just as a symbol of peace and innocence. Whatever they wanted did not ever matter to their husband or society. Instead, as long as a woman raised children and cared for the house, that was enough. In Nora's case, for ...