How+Ibsen+portrays+Nora

In A Doll's House by Ibsen it's clear that Nora is portrayed as a Victorian Era mother and wife. Marriage was mandatory as was motherhood. It's unmistakeable that once married Nora had the specific role of managing the home, and children, and being her husband's "little lark". And the idea of the men finding themselves superior in knowledge is clear by the way Helmer treats Nora as well. An example found in the novel is when he says she "couldn't judge", that she didn't know how to handle her affairs, and that she had "feminine helplessness". (Ibsen 107). In [|David Thomas's Criticism] of some of the Ibsen's plays hes concurs with the idea that Helmer finds Nora less intellectually smart and women have a clear role to run the home. In the idea of taking care of the children that job is just part of what she has to do as a mother. And although its seems like she truely loves her kids when she plays with them, its later seen that she may have come to find them a burden because she leaves them behind with no wanting of keeping in contact with them. media type="youtube" key="8-bHlzJlW0s" height="349" width="560" This is a short video explaining some of the rights that victorian women had, which is what Nora would have been.