like a fake man.' "When Nora
             signs her father's name in order to get money, she breaks with the social
             limitations of women in her time, and it can be interpreted as her taking
             on a masculine role." (Rekdal, 2002, unpaged) That is, on the face of it,
             ludicrous. Nora was not attempting to take on a man's role; she was
             attempting to save herself and her family, something women have always had
             to do as men deserted them for work, war or another woman. Rekdal also
             seems to suggest that forgery is a man's crime, and that anyone who would
             engage in it is necessarily masculine or longing to be masculine. That is
             ...