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I think while gender is important in this story, it's not all it's hyped up to be. Nora is controlled because of her personality, not because of her gender. The weakest person in this story is Dr. Rank, but he's a male. I would also say one of the strongest people is Kristine, while the women are supposed to be weak.

The women are supposed to be "dolled up" and ready to follow a male's instruction. For instance, Nora couldn't act like her true self because she was worried about what Torvald wanted or would think. Kristine was also dependent on Torvald for a job much like Nora was dependent on him for money. Both women are clearly being held back by the main man (Torvald) in the play.

Ibsen uses A Doll's House to prove that gender does not define a person.  Nora and Mrs. Linde both perform acts that would have been considered unladylike in Victorian times.  Dr. Rank is womanly in confessing his love for Nora.  The only actions that gender predetermines are the character's interactions with one another.  They try and act as they think the other person expects them too, but even within this societal constraint they break barriers.  Aside from Helmer, no one tries to upkeep appearances or bend to propriety.

Personally, I found the whole play rather predictable, but not in a gender-related way.  Ibsen was famous for using a form of psychological-archetypes, but instead of tweaking their different forms to make them unique (but still applicable to general populations), he left them as bland, 2-dimensional, cardboard-cutout characters.  Rank's "big reveal" was his love for Nora, and that really was no surprise.  I felt like the play followed a very predictable, very overused pattern with no difference in actions between women and men.

Gender plays a major role throughout this play. The men are clearly more superior than the women during this time. Nora is seen merely as a trophy wife to Torvald, and she knows this. People constantly belittle Nora, which represents the way other dependent women were treated during the victorian period. Also, the presents and roles of society are gender specific.

gender plays a huge role in this play. Ibsen clearly experiments with the rights of women at the time the play was written and how they were treated. Nora, in this play, was a surprisingly strong character and even broke off with her independence at the end of the play. Ibsen was saying something strong about the rights of women in America, by the actions of his character Nora.

I think the gender of males plays a huge part in this play. Men in the 19th century valued three basic things: beauty, value, and money. Torvald is the picture perfect 19th century man.  He expected everything to be beautiful. His wife had to always look nice, so she could not eat chocolate. The house had to always look put together. And status was so important to him. That is why he could not let Nora get caught. He could not risk his pride by letting society know that a mere women saved him. This ties in with money. Money gets you status, and his wife used money in a way that could have ruined his valued reputatuion in their community.

i think the weak or strong actions in this play depends on the personality of the person himself not the gender .nora seems to be weak according to her personality not her gender of being a woman .as well as her weak personality changed at the end of the play to the opposite .she becomes strong when she decided to work .personality able to change but gender doesnot change.