lance during her childhood and that her only influence was that of a dominating father. However, one !
must also question how Nora acquired enough manipulation skills to get up the nerve to forge her father's signature on a loan. Did she do this out of desperation or did she actually devise the plan and have expectations of it working out in her favor? It is also quite common for children to learn how to work around their father from their mother, but this was not the case here. Based on the information given in the play, Nora must have had a very emotionally turbulent childhood. She was under societal obligation to fulfill her role as a woman without the right to exercise her mind in a productive manner.
Nora went straight from the influences of her father to those of her husband. According to Nora, this was not an
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