Nora felt that she could not have been either of the two things if she had not first identified and recognized herself as a human being, as she confesses to Torvald “I believe that, first of all otherwise I am a human being, no less than you, or at least I should try to become one” (Ibsen 1296). His status was that of someone who was a non-entity. Nora wanted and needed to educate herself and establish her own identity “There is another job I have to do first. I must educate myself” (Ibsen 1295), before being anything