Free Considering The Historical Context, What Choices Does Nora Have Once She Awakens Critical Thinking Sample

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Describe your reaction to Nora’s decision at the end of the play.

While most people would find Nora to be selfish, I find her to be very brave. Her decision to leave her husband and her children was one that was not made lightly considering of course the dire consequences she would have to face. I believe that every woman deserves to find her own place in the world by her own hands. Her value should not be restricted to the value of her husband or her children but should be defined by things she has achieved by herself.

Considering that the story was set in a time and place where the society is very much patriarchal, Nora had very heavy choices to choose from once she awakens to the reality of herself and her marriage. First, she could stay with her husband and let go of her chance to fulfill her own destiny and find her own way in life or she could leave and by doing so, do a ‘social suicide’ because she is sure to be judged as an ungrateful and selfish woman.

What thematic statement ensues from the ending?

People can only mature once they leave their comfort zone and face the realities of their own lives as well as the reality of the society they are in. This would be the thematic statement that can be ensued from the ending.
Nora was terribly dominated by male figures in her life as can be seen in Act 1 and through-out the play where she tolerates and even encourages being controlled first by her father and then by her husband. However in the final act of the play, Nora had realized that if she wanted to become ‘human’ – which means to develop her own personality, her own identity – she would have to leave the place that had caused her to be a ‘doll’ in the first place and that place is her husband’s home. She took the first step to maturity when she accepted her husband’s failings. However, it is her decision to leave that had sealed the fact that she is indeed determined to be her own person – a person with her own value and not just value that is from being someone’s wife or mother.