Nora's final decision in the story reveals something of a vicious circle, as its hinted that a great majority of the people in that society have been brought up without the presence of their mothers. Its been established that Nora was raised by her maid Anne Marie, who chose to raise her instead of her own children for the sake of earning a living. Mrs. Linde didn't have a mother around either as she had to become something of a surrogate mother, taking care of her brothers who don't realize the significance of the role of a mother as they abandon her after all is said and done. Krogstad's children is revealed to not have their mother in their lives as Mrs. Linde confesses her desire to Krogstad of wanting to be with him and become a mother for their children. While Torvald makes the assumption that Krogstad's mother is responsible for the 'morally bankrupt' character of her son, we don't know for certain that he had a mother in his life. If we were to take Torvald's claims of mothers establishing the morality of their children as a fact, then a great majority of the characters here have co-opted their morality from surrogates, such as the case with Nora and Anne Marie's children. Even with Torvald, we know that he's not the righteous man that he claims to be, which could suggest that he too didn't have his mother in his life, as suggested by the fact that he is allowing the maid to look after his own children instead of Nora despite his claims of the significance of mothers in one's upbringing.
Considering the subordinate status that women have in this setting, we see that women saddled with the crucial responsibility of not only establishing one's morality, but also serving as the glue that keeps everyone together as the story carries undertones of abandonment of children during their development period in life.
I like your observation.
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