In Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House", the main character is Nora Helmer. She is the wife of Torvald Helmer, a wealthy bank manager. Nora gets involved in a big conflict between her and Torvald over forgery and doesn't know what to do. Nora cannot accept the fact that her husband cares more for himself, then he does for her. In the end she finally decides to leave her family and it is the one mature and intelligent thing that she does throughout the whole play.

In the beginning of this play Nora acts very childish, succumbing to her husband's every wish and desire. She acts as if she is his play toy, instead of a wife and mother. She has three children with Torvald and yet acts as if her children are more mature then she is. Her one goal in life is to keep Torvald happy at any cost, besides get money from him. She needs to get this money to help pay off the bond she borrowed from Krogstad, when her husband was ill and dying. This is the conflict and cause of her......

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Title: The Big Decision In A Doll's House
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