Nora and Her Environment In A Doll’s House, Henrik Ibsen presents Nora as a product of her environment. When she lived with her father she allowed him to shape her life, her opinions and her thoughts. Then, when she married Torvald, nothing changed. She simply passed from her father’s hands into her husband’s hands. She describes it as: [W]hen I lived at home with Papa, he told me all his opinions, …showed first 75 words of 692 total…

…showed last 75 words of 692 total…guilty party is her father since he never gave Nora the opportunity to be her own person. He always treated her like if she was his own personal toy. Finally, at the end of the play, after learning from Mrs. Linde’s experiences, Nora decides to be strong and bold as she walks out on her husband. By choosing to leave her husband, Nora demonstrates that she is no longer a victim of her environment.