4th Informal response
During Act III, things definitely take a turn of the characters of Nora, and Mrs. Linde. When reading the play in the beginning NORa seems like a very family oriented type of person, but by the end of Act III Nora has really entered a new stage in her life. Nora has decided to leave both her husband and kids! She did this because she wanted to find her own real independence as a woman. On the other hand Mrs. Linde has decided that her independence is not as important to her and she decided to marry Krogstad, and take care of his family. As we learn throughout reading Mrs. Linde likes to be depended on by others, and her own independence doesn't really make her all that happy. Both Nora and Mrs. Linde finally due seemed to be fulfilled with their new choices, which is ultimately what is important. Both these women have chosen the destiny or fate as they see it, with any male consent. What I see the author is focusing is on, is not the fact that they were able to make their own choices, or the actual choices they made, but the fact that both women made the choices themselves. Back when this play was first written, it does make sense as to why he focuses on this, because it was not the norm back then for a woman to make a decision without a man involved. So you can see that, that is a big difference from today society. In today's society a woman can make a decision by herself, and no one would even think twice about it. When i first started reading this play i never would have thought it would have taken this turn. But, it made the play way more interesting! Overall i thought the play was pretty good, it was a little difficult to relate to, due to the fact it was written such a long time ago. but, it was interesting to see the different style of writing, and also how much times change year to year. 
Once again, the links are not really explored or discussed in the text.
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