Act III of A Doll's House

  One thing that really stood out for me while I was reading act III was when Torvald said "I'd gladly work day and night for you, Nora,  and endure sorrow and poverty for your sake. But no mam would sacrifice his honor for the one he loves" ( Ibsen 1170). Torvald wouldn't give up his man pride and sacrifice himself because 'no real man would do that'.
   Through out the whole play Torvald lives in this bubble where he wants to stay away from "ugly thing" such as death, debt, and inmoral behavior. It is ironic because Nora is supposed to be the doll who doesn't know anything about the world and is naive but it is quite the opposite. Nora knows a lot she sacrificed herself for her husband, she knew what was right and she knew that there's certain things that you can avoid and that the "ugly things" are part of life. At the end of the day Nora finally has the guts to leave Torvald and surprisingly leaves her kids too. This is also ironic because at the beginning oif the play Nora was portrayed as the traditional woman that doesn't know anything except shopping, pleasuring her husband, and being a housewife and mother but at the end she ended up being the opposite of this "traditional woman" picture.