In act two, Nora was going to ask Dr. Rank to borrow money and pay off her debt to Krogstad. Also, in this act Dr. Rank profess his love for Nora. I think maybe if Dr. Rank was not so  ill, Nora would rather be with him than Torvald. What do you think? Later on, in the play Krogstad feels its finally time to tell Torvald, Nora's dirty secret. When Nora tells Krogstad she will come up with the money to keep him quiet he says "Even if you were to stand there with a mint of money in your hand, you wouldn't get your bond back from me" (Ibsen pg 198). This shows that Krogstad can be very heartless when it comes to business and how much of a hypocrite he may be.

  After Krogstad had threaten Nora, to tell her big secret he also says "now you've been warned, so don't do anything stupid. I shall expect to hear from Helmer as soon as he gets my letter" (Ibsen pg 200). Nora decides that she should commit suicide because she feels the letter would ruin their lovely happy home. Before the party, Nora tells Mrs. Linde everything about her deal with Krogstad and Mrs. Linde decides to help Nora because she knows that Krogstand would do anything for her. Nora was being capricious and has been trying to shall Torvald from going to letter box. "All right, there's nothing to be frightened of; we're not coming in" (Ibsen pg 202) I think Nora should not been suppressing her secret, sooner or later he may find out the truth...

It seems retaining a lie from someone whose closest to you can be hard to keep up with. Do you think Torvald would find out Nora's big secret?

In act one when Nora was talking to Mrs.Linde, Mrs.Linde is telling Nora her problems about what has been happening since her had husband died. Mrs.Linde is so corrupt with money that she wants to Helmer to give her a job at the bank. Meanwhile, talking to Mrs.Linde, Nora always seems to bring the focus back on her. She thinks of herself as being ravishing and I think she's arrogant about the women she is and doesn't know how to humble herself. "I always brought the simplest, cheapest things. Thank goodness anything looks well on me." (Nora pg 162)

In act one Krogstad tries to manipulate Nora by convincing her to help keep his job or else he would reveal that she borrowed money and forge a signature. Torvald feels that Krogstad is a criminal because he has forged a signature and he has been hiding what he did from his wife and children. "Just think how a guilty man like that must have to lie and cheat and play the hypocrite with everyone." (Helmer pg 179). He also feels as if Krogstad is poisoning his children and home with such a filthy secret. "No debts, no borrowing. There's something constrained, something ugly even, about a home that's founded on borrowing and debt". (Helmer pg 149). I think instead of Nora squandering her money she could have been saving to pay off the money she had borrowed from Krogstad.

My name is Zahnaydriah, but all my friends call me Zee. I am sixteen years old and I like to hang out with my cousins or friends on the weekends. When I have time I love going shopping and out to eat. My goal this year for english class is to communicate more with my peers and to also improve my writing skills. The stories we have been reading in this class became interesting and learning the author experiences as what to encourage them to become a writer. I hope  "A Doll's House" is very interesting story and I look forward to reading this book.


About Henrik Ibsen:

   Henrik Ibsen was born on March 20, 1828, in Skien, Norway. In 1862, he was exiled to Italy, where he wrote the tragedyBrand. In 1868, Ibsen moved to Germany, where he wrote one of his most famous works: the play A Doll's House. As a child, Henrik Ibsen showed little sign of the theatrical genius he would become. He grew up in the small Norwegian coastal town of Skien as the oldest of five children born to Knud and Marichen Ibsen. His father was a successful merchant and his mother painted, played the piano and loved to go to the theater. Ibsen himself expressed an interest in becoming an artist as well (biography.com).
   The family was through into poverty when Ibsen was 8 because of problems with his father's business. Nearly all traces of their previous affluence had to be sold off to cover debts, and the family moved to a rundown farm near town. There Ibsen spent much of his time reading, painting and performing magic tricks. At 15, Ibsen stopped school and went to work. He landed a position as an apprentice in an apothecary in Grimstad. Ibsen worked there for six years, using his limited free time to write poetry and paint (biography.com)