A psycho-analytical interpretation of the Doll's House and Hedda Gabler is attempted. The women in both plays come from motherless homes, brought up by fathers. Both are financially dependent on their husbands and have extramarital emotional ties with unstable men. Nora remained in the infantile state of bisexuality and Hedda became identified with her father. Both were forced into conflict with the outside world, Nora assuming she would be victorious, Hedda expecting defeat. Nora was able to leave the Doll's House forever, having made an adult adjustment. Hedda's inability to attain emotional maturity imprisoned her in childhood fixations.