Read the excerpt from act 3 of a doll's house how does nora's conflict in this excerpt best demonstrate a difference between life in the late 1800s and life today? helmer before all else, you are a wife and a mother nora i don't believe that any longer i believe that before all else i am a reasonable human being, just as you are-or, at all events, that i must try and become one. i know quite well, torvald, that most people would think you night, and that views of that kind are to be found in books, but i can no longer content myself with what most people say, or with what is found in books. i must think over things for myself and get to understand them helmer can you not understand your place in your own home? have you not a reliable guide in such matters as that? -have you no religion? nora i am afraid, torvald, i do not exactly know what religion is the conflict demonstrates that women are better suited to be mothers than wives the conflict demonstrates that women are not inclined to practice a particular religion the conflict demonstrates that women are expected to remain in the roles assigned to them. • the conflict demonstrates that women are not expected to get their education from books