e same little featherhead. Suppose, now, that I
             borrowed fifty pounds today, and you spent it all in
             the Christmas week, and then on New Year's Eve a
             slate fell on my head and killed me... what then?
             Nora does not know anything about the world or herself. She acts like a child, but is hiding a big secret from her husband, who is completely oblivious, and does not know her at all. He says to her, "Has my little spendthrift been wasting money again?" He does not know that the money he gives her, has been going elsewhere. Nora's role in society is to be a wife and mother. She stays at home and trims the Christmas tree, plays with her children, and socializes with her friend, Dr. Rank. Nora's friend, Mrs. Linde, and the Nurse are characters in the play who were able to make their way through life without having a husband or family. The Nurse was pregnant out of wedlock, and gave up her baby to adoption because she could not afford to keep it. She becomes Nora's nurse and looks after her children. Mrs. Linde's husband died, and she made her way independently throu
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