loss and suffering

• In doll's house there is a loss of control through gender
• "I believe that... I am an individual just as you are"
• Women's roles were restricted financially and they were expected to be the ideal wife and mother
• Nora had been sold to helmer by her father and was being disowned by helmer so there is a sense of the loss of security and control of her life
• "There can be no freedom... about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt" Nora talking about forging her fathers signature
• "There has been an absolute freedom for both of us" Nora on her exit
• When Nora leaves she ends her suffering but could argue causing Helmer's as he then loses his sense of control and is stuck in the house with the children
• A03: Victorian attitudes to mourning was that there was lavish and expensive funerals and social behaviours were cut back on for a set time, colour of clothing got lighter as mourning went on from black to grey to white
• A05: "The husband treats his wife as a child ... who fails to understand her value as a human being"