Throughout the play Mrs. Linde serves as a mentor to Nora and plays a vital character in her awakening. Mrs. Linde is introduced as Nora's old school friend with whom Nora could share her secret and this serves as a way to let the audience know about Nora's difficulties. Ms. Linde also serves as a foil to the character Nora in the play, A Doll's House. Coming from a penniless family, Mrs. Linde had to give up her true love Krogstad and marry a man she did not love in order to financially support her siblings and children. his mother. After her husband's death, Mrs. Linde was a hard-working and independent woman. Instead Nora is portrayed as a child whose only concern is the superficial things in life. In the first act, Helmer calls Nora a "spendthrift" and refers to her as an ordinary woman who only knows how to spend money recklessly but not how to earn it. At the end of the play, Mrs. Linde begins an affair as she and I Krogstad reunite. Mrs. Linde's journey from independence to marriage highlights Nora's journey in the opposite direction. However, Mrs. Linde does not enter into the relationship due to society's perception at the time that women needed men to support themselves. Mrs. Linde tells Krogstad: “I want to be a mother to someone, and your children need a mother. The two of us need each other. . . Nils, what would it be like if we two castaways could join forces? … Two on the same wreck would have a better chance than either alone,” which shows that Krogstad needed her as much as she needed him. Mrs. Linde believes that husband and wife should be equal in a relationship and with this belief she tries to convince Nora to open up to Torvald. During Nora's first conversation with Mrs. Linde, she opens up and shares...... middle of paper ......de, she sees the possibility of living on her own and actually being able to survive on her own. She realizes that she too deserved to be happy and live life at Torvald's expense. Linde's character foreshadows Nora's decision to leave Torvald. Mrs. Linde and Nora are at opposite ends of their lives, one breaks up her marriage to be independent and the other starts an affair. Mrs. Linde expresses her feelings as a mother, while Nora sacrifices her relationship with her children to be free. Linde is an integral part of Nora's transformation from “squirrel” to free woman. Mrs. Linde serves as a guide to Nora throughout the play and leads her to realize how superficial and materialistic her life with Torvald actually was. If it weren't for Mrs. Linde and her actions, Nora never understood reality and would remain as Torvald's doll..