Henrik Ibsen created a world where marriages and the rules of society are questioned and deception is everywhere. In A Doll's House, the reader meets Nora, a housewife and mother trapped in her way of life due to society's unspoken rules. Nora and the people around her make mistakes throughout the play, leading to a shocking event that will forever change the lives of Nora and her family. Ibsen uses the theme of deception to tell a story filled with lies and betrayal. Deception is the driving force of the play, the key theme that provokes the character's action that shapes the story. In Act I, Nora cheats on her husband, Helmer, in several different ways. The reader gets a first glimpse of the deception when Nora snacks on macarons and then hides them from her husband. HELMER: When did my squirrel come home? NORA: Later. (She puts the bag of macaroons in her pocket and wipes her mouth.) Come in here, Torvald, and see what I bought. (1121). This lie continues when Helmer asks his wife if she went to the candy store. Nora lied and told her husband that she didn't, even though the reader saw that she was snacking on macaroons earlier. It's just a small act of deception on Nora's part, who was hiding a huge secret from her husband. Part of the huge secret is revealed to Mrs. Linde, Nora's old friend and widow, when Nora confides in her. After lying about the source of the money for a trip to help her husband recover from an illness, Nora admits that her father did not give her the money. This confuses Mrs. Linde because a few lines before, Nora told her that the money for the trip came from her father. In reality, the money came from a loan. This makes Mrs. Linde even more confused, since in the middle of paper ......t fights and decides that everyone is better off without her there. Nora leaves, hoping to discover who she is as a person. In A Doll's House, the reader meets Nora, a woman who is desperately trying to hide a secret that ends up changing her life forever. When Nora's deceptive ways end up haunting her, she comes to a shocking conclusion. She must leave her family to find out who exactly she is. Ibsen uses deception as the main theme of A Doll's House to create drama in a seemingly peaceful world. This teaches the reader that sooner or later their deception will catch up with them. Ibsen created a play in which a marriage was tested by a criminal lie and a woman tested the rules of society through her deception. Works cited by Kennedy, XJ and Dana Gioia. Literature: an introduction to fiction, poetry, drama, and writing. Boston: Pearson, 2013. Print.