In Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, we are lead to believe the character Nora experiences an epiphany at the end of the story. Nora's epiphany is that she discovers that throughout the last 8 years of her life, she has been blind to who is in control of the marriage. When Nora realizes that she does not have the power to make Torvald love her, she realizes she is not in control. This is the epiphany. …showed first 75 words of 611 total…

…showed last 75 words of 611 total…remain. There are countless occasions where Nora attempts to exhibit control over every situation. Once a person like that is faced with having to be a subordinate, I can understand them lashing out to find individuality. That is the only way for Nora to control her life at this point. While the concept of leaving her children so easily is startling, apparently in that culture it isn't that odd, after all Nora's nurse did it.