When Torvald refuses to take responsibility for Nora's crimes, she realizes that "her husband is not the ideal hero she imagined, she is determined to crown her selfishness with her selfishness” (Scott) and removes her façade of a happy, helpless wife. Nora confronts Torvald about his true feelings and the lack of communication in their marriage. Nora explains to him: “We have been married for eight years now. Does it not occur to you that this is the first time that the two of us, you and I, husband and wife, have had a serious conversation? (III.140). The accusations Torvald hears from Nora shock him because it is the first time she has expressed dissatisfaction with their marriage. Nora never confides her most intimate thoughts and feelings to her husband, choosing to share them with Dr. Rank who, “more than anyone else” (III.85), has her complete confidence. Nora, after eight years of marriage, did not attempt to form a personal bond with her husband. Scott observes in his review of the play: "There are no earlier signs of her conversion, but she has traded playfulness for preachiness." She, a loving and affectionate woman, forgets the eight years of happy married life, forgets the little bird's nest, forgets her duty, her very instinct as a mother, forgets the three innocent children sleeping in the next room. , forgets his responsibilities and does something that one of the lower animals would not do. A cat or