At the end of A Doll's House, Isben surprises the audience. When Torvald learns that Krogstad is no longer threatening him, he offers to forgive Nora. Most people in the audience would expect the ending to be happy and the family to live their lives as before. Shockingly, Nora tells Torvald that she plans to leave him and their children. She realizes that her life has not been happy and that Torvald does not truly love her. Nora has many reasons to leave Torvald. She feels she has been treated like a doll her whole life and doesn't like being treated that way. She also decides to leave when she finds out how angry Torvald was with her. She feels like he doesn't defend her. Nora also knows that Torvald will not forget what happened and will hold it against her for the rest of his life. When Nora decides to leave Torvald at the end of A Doll's House, many readers seemed shocked that she would do such a thing, but she has many motivations that can be seen throughout the show. As Nora leaves, she tells Torvald that she has been treated like a doll her whole life. Her father treated her like a doll and Torvald treats her like a doll. He always seems to cuddle her and call her his "lark". Nora tells him that in the eight years they've been married they've never had a serious conversation. A relationship cannot be very successful without serious conversations. It's almost as if there is no meaning to the relationship and it's all fun and games. Nora realizes this throughout the actions of the show. When they return home from the ball on the last evening, Torvald's behaviors show that he is not mature enough to have a marital relationship. He seems to act like a child in front of Nora, and Nora has had enough of being treated like a child her whole life. Throughout the show, she seems to become more and more upset when he treats her this way. At the end of the play, this is one of the reasons why she decides to leave Torvald.