Mrs. Linde is the perfect character foil for Nora, offering a model for her to follow as well as actions for Nora to avoid.

Mrs. Nora, the main character in,"A Doll House", and Mrs. Linde, a side character, are almost exact opposites of each other. They both had rich husbands until Mr. Linde died on Mrs. Linde, than Mrs. Linde became desperate and needed a job. So she came into town looking for Krogstad and found Nora first and told her that she came looking for a job. Than when Mrs. Linde meets Nora she realizes how immature and childish she is and she even tells Nora that she acts like a child. Nora is loaded and really doesn't need to worry about anything and seem to blissfully float through life. While Mrs. Linde on the other hand has to work hard for what she wants.