Expectations+of+Nora

=Expectations of Nora= In the society in which the novel takes place women asserting themselves is frowned upon strongly. Women were supposed to act like a "good wife" and support their husbands, take care of their children, and make sure everything was perfect around the house.Work, politics, and decisions were left to the males of the family. Nora first shows her rebellion from these drab and boring expectations by forging a letter to borrow money for torvalds medical bills. This was frowned upon and uprooted all the beliefs in society prior to this act of defiance. Even during this act to save her husband once Torvald finds out what Nora has done Torvald calls Nora a ".. poor helpless little creature". Torvalds expectations of his wife werer taken down and instead of sitting and knitting all day (because they ahd a nanny who watched the children), Nora decided to be a [|proactive women]which soon society would gradually accept.