A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen portrayed the protagonist (Nora Helmer) of A Doll's House as someone who went through a series of trials and tribulations. As the story developes she realizes that she is unsatisfied with the stereotypical role that society had forced her to play. In the beginning of the story Ibsen chose to have the reader perceive Nora as a compliant little housewife whose life was the perfect epitome of how a middle …showed first 75 words of 596 total…

…showed last 75 words of 596 total…to thyself. Nora realizes this when her fantasy world comes tumbling down around her. Nora's self discovery leads her to finally see that even she does not know who she really is because all her life she has never been able to voice her own opinions. She leaves Torvald well aware of the implications that her action will have on her family because she finally has the drive to want to be her own person.