Question 1 • CA-Common Core English Language Arts 10
The play challenges a society that overlooks women’s worth: Nora is treated as dependent and childlike, despite her courage and resourcefulness. It also shows that people who are oppressed can lead deeply unsatisfying lives, as Nora does in her marriage. Finally, Nora’s secret loan and the deception surrounding it show how living a lie can build toward a crisis. The ideas that women should sacrifice for family and men should provide financially reflect common expectations of the period rather than challenge them.
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