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Mrs. Linde represents the variety of ways that women can live fulfilling lives, independent of their husbands. Mrs. Linde acts as a foil to Nora, providing a serious contrast to Nora’s frivolous personality and highlighting the spoiled life Nora leads.
Linde's mother and husband are dead, her brothers are all grown up, and she has lost whatever financial stability she once enjoyed.
Mrs. Linde explains how it feels to live after her husband, mother, and brothers have all died. Since Mrs. Linde had to support her family, Nora initially assumes she must be relieved to no longer have such a burden.
Nora is clearly a very loving and devoted mother, which is a big contrast to Torvald’s attitude towards the children. His belief that their presence makes the house “unbearable” shows that his role as a father does not carry the expectation of showing any love or affection to his children.
Also, Nora lacks a maternal role mother, since her mother died. Linde is the closest thing to a female family support system in Nora's life. While she did what she could to prevent the final...
Mrs. Linde serves as a moral guide for Nora throughout the play, taking on an almost motherly role. She scolds Nora for going behind Torvald’s back to obtain the loan, and she discourages Nora’s...
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Mrs. Linde yearns for the purpose she would get by truly caring form someone she loves, while Krogstad sees Mrs. Linde not as some ornament to augment his reputation but as the source of the salvation of his integrity.
