That's the way it should be, isn't it? (1015). Nora lies to Helmer about someone coming to the house and he make sure to tell her that she must never lie to him again. It kind of the way parents discipline their children when they have done something wrong. Her job as the women is to listen to the direction of her husband and not questioned what he is saying to her. When he asks her if that the way it should be, he's actually telling her that is the way it should be because he doesn't even expect her to answer the question. .
In some way I feel that Nora likes the fact the Helmer treats her like a child, she plays right into the traditional role, sometimes she is eggs him on. She tells him "Yes, take care of me, Torvald, please! Promise me that?"(1031). It seems that Nora really wants to be a good wife and obey her husband, by letting him know that she needs him. She is reassuring him of his manhood and the fact that she would have nothing if it weren't for him. Women didn't really work back then, and the work that they did do wouldn't take care of a household. They made clothes and did nettle work, and Nora wrote letters for people to make some extra money. I believe that is why today's men feel like they have control over their women and that they are supposed to make the bacon so to speak. Even though women can go out now and get the same jobs as men, and the men are not willing to take care of the household like they did back then.
Nora is a very intelligent woman; she is able to fool her husband into thinking that he has the control over her. She goes out and borrows money so that they can take a trip, that Helmer needs to take because he gets sick. She stepped out of her traditional role and handles things without her husbands consent. She tells her friend " It was almost like being a man"(1005). She so desperately wants to feel important that she finally after so long confides in Mrs.