It is fascinating how a writer's personal beliefs, upbringing, and era can dramatically change a characters persona. One such character is Nora Helmer from a play called "A Doll's House". "A Doll's house" was originally written in 1879 by Henrik Ibsen. Henrik Ibsen was born in 1828 in Skien, Norway. Ibsen portrays Nora as a person with very low self esteem, untrustworthy, and self absorbed. During Ibsen's era women where subservient and listen to what they are …showed first 75 words of 1798 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1798 total…lot more power and strength. When "Slam the door softly" was rewritten, our society was going through a large feminist movement. Women in the 1970's where more liberated, they had jobs, they where exploring their sexual freedoms, and had a take charge attitude. Although Ibsen attempts are the start of a movement, not till Mrs. Luce do we see true women's liberation. I believe Mrs. Luce's Nora gave women a true role model and inspiration.