The birth of the female rebellion does not go back to today. In fact women have always fought for their rights, even famous men fought for them. In A Doll House, a dramatic play written by Henrik Ibsen at a time where men where seen superior to women, the main character, Nora, is seen as a symbol of woman's rights. She went from a dependant wife to an independent woman. However, this play isn't about woman's rights, though it is much emphasized, it is about everyone's rights to self-determination. .
In Ibsen's A Doll House the images given to the characters are misleading. Nora is seen as a childish and unintelligent woman who enjoys life, "If anything so awful happened, then it just wouldn't matter if I had debts or not, (p. 1102)." She is also described a spendthrift: "Has the little spendthrift been out throwing money around again, (p. 1102)." As the play progresses, Nora's image changes as she is drawn to be an intelligent and a strong willed independent thinker. Her husband, Torvald, who is an intelligent and perfect husband, is shown at the end as a selfish person: "Yes, yes, it's true. I"m saved. Nora, I"m saved, (p. 1146)." The metamorphosis of the other characters such as Mrs. Linde and Krogstad are also misleading. At the end of the play, Torvald is a sad man, Krogstad a lover as well as Mrs. Linde and Nora a free brave intelligent woman.
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Krogstad symbolizes evil for trying to jeopardize Nora's perfect life: "Mrs. Helmer, obviously you haven't the vaguest idea of what you've involved yourself in, (p. 1118)." Already with a bad reputation from his past action, he is willing to take down anyone with him in order to save his position as at the bank. Some people, however, show the other side of Krogstad, the bright side. He helped Nora by giving her the money she needed to go to Italy with her family. Also he closed his eyes on the fraud done by Nora until his job and his respect were on the line.