he 19th century, which is the second cause for Nora's behavior. Women were viewed as property of their husbands or fathers. This is a reason why the treatment of Nora as a "doll" by her father was not an issue. Nora was property of her father, and expected to mind him, as a proper young lady should. Women didn't have any rights that were equal to a man's. According to Ibsen, "...in practical life the woman is judged by man's law, as though she were not a woman but a man" (1191, "Notes for A Doll House"). Men thought that since a woman does not think or act like a man, then they are a lower being. Ibsen states, "A woman cannot be herself in the society of the present day, which is an exclusively masculine society, with laws framed by men and with a judicial syst
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