1-The stereotype of cheerleaders - Nora is just as jovial and concerned with materialistic things.
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2-The symbolism represents a girl transforming into a woman like Nora as she discovered self-growth.
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3-Nora's dishonest and vain character- her husband embraces her vanity, clueless to her true nature.
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4-With hand on husband's chest, she is portraying how she will succumb to all her husband's wishes.
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5-The place Nora is given, accepting Torvald, can be seen as compliance with how women are degraded.
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6-Nora's rebellion is conveyed because it shows even though one thing is told, the opposite is done.
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7-The wheelchair represents how society looks at women as if they were less than men: submissive.
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8-Nora went from a normal housewife whose actions were controlled to transforming into a free woman.
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9-A window represents Nora's bounded & narrow view on her world, sheathing her from a true identity.
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10-She transcends from her constricted role to an independent woman of self-sufficing goals.
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11-Nora's superficiality is mirrored by the empty vase and penetrating darkness consuming her soul.
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12-Nora knows the full extent of what her appearance can accomplish, resorting to charming ways.
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13-Nora's awakening-she walks through a newly opened door in rebellion against repression.
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14-Nora secretly longs for life beyond her restrictive suburbia and Torvald's domineering authority.
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15-The bird symbolizes Nora's struggles and her epiphany of finally standing up for herself.
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16-Nora is finally able to discover her true self and abandons her perfect 'doll house' marriage.
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17-Nora is a woman trapped in the image of a trophy wife who has lost her individuality.
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18-The male is controlling her innocent rebellion, which parallels the conflict of Nora and Torvald.
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19-The evolution of Nora: innocence & ignorance, mid-transformation realization, final liberation.
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20-This represents the dumb and ignorant nature that women wield in spite of everything.
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21-The trophy lucidly depicts Nora as a trophy wife, a 'polished' object used to promote Torvald.
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22-This captures Nora's nature of deliberately lying to Torvald to do what she wants.
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23-Torvald holds power over Nora as she basks in the limelight, but only as much he lets her have.
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24-As a flirtatious, manipulative spendthrift, Nora is always asking for and expecting more money.
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25-With its crippling stance and almost barely-petaled center, the flower is Nora's fragile state.
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