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During the time in which the play took place society frowned upon women asserting themselves. Women were supposed to play a role in which they supported their husbands, took care of their children, and made sure everything was perfect around the house. Nora is p ....

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.... Her carefree spirit and somewhat childish manners are shown throughout the play with statements such as, \\"Is that my little lark twittering out there?\\" (1). \\"Is it my little squirrel bustling about?\\" (2). A lark is a happy, carefree bird, and a squirrel is quite the opposite. If you are to squirrel away something, you were hiding or storing it, kind of like what Nora was doing with her bag of macaroons. It seems childish that Nora must hide things such as macaroons from her husband, but if she didn\\'t and he found out, she would be deceiving him and going against his wishes which would be socially wrong. As the play goes on, Nora seems ....