One of the changes to the story was to have Nora commit suicide. Towards the end of Act III, Nora imagines her death when Torvald has gone to read the letter expressing what Nora has done. Suicide is sometimes seen as extreme weakness or being too strong for too long. If this had been incorporated into the story, the meaning and impact would have been much less. Nora would have been seen as taking the easy way out and Torvald would have gained sympathy as the victim. Ibsen published an alternate ending to A Doll's House that gave audiences an idea of how much he controlled Torvald. Instead of Nora abandoning her husband and children, Torvald dragged Nora into the nursery to look at them one last time. Nora ends up collapsing in tears in the doorway of their room and is left with Torvald. This ending gives Torvald the triumph over Nora because he knew that if he used the children to make her feel guilty for even thinking about leaving, she would stay. Both of these plot changes aren't as impactful as the original ending. If this ending had been applied by Ibsen, the story would not have been about women's rights, but just a story for entertainment purposes (Braddock,
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