Act Three! I can't wait untill summer!! (:

We finally finished this play! So in Act Three we learned that Mrs.Linde and Krogstad used to have a relationship. Mrs.Linde apparently left him for a man that was richer and broke his heart. Krogstad said "When I lost you, it was just as if the very ground had given way under my feet". So obvioulsey Krogstad was very hurt by Christina leaving. In my opinion, she most likely would not have tried to have gotten back with him if she didnt need him to help her friend, Nora. They reason Nora needed the help was because Krogstad put a letter in Helmers mailbox telling him the whole deal with Nora taking a loan with him behind Helmers back and forging her fathers signature.
Although Mrs.Linde decides to be a jerk and take matters into her own hands. She has Krogstad leave the letter to Helmer can learn the all bad deeds his wife has done. She believes it would be better for the couples marriage. I would have to agree that you should not keep secrets from your husband, especially huge ones like that. Although,I don't think it was right of her to make that desicion for Nora. It was not her secret to give out and it was not her place to get involved in their marriage like that.
At the end of the play, Nora finally leaves Helmer. It's about time. Helmer was a terrible, degrading husband. I think the irony at the end was interesting. Through out the whole play, Helmer referred to Nora as a little scatterbrain or a squirell. She was viewed as completely dependent on her husband and that without him, she wouldn't be able to make any desicions or do just about anything. Yet at the end when Nora was leaving, Helmer was the desperate, needy one. He begged her not to go.
This is not the first time irony showed up in this play. When Nora was deciding on what dress to where to a "fancy dress party" she says asks Torvald to come help her because she just can't make any desicions without him. Thats ironic because she made the huge decision of borrowing money from Krogsatd all by herself. That is why I believe irony was one of the themes of this play.

Act Two!

In Act two we see a different side of Nora when we see her interacting with Rank. Rank is a close family friend of Helmer and Nora. He old and is dying of consumption of the spine, or Pott disease. Pott disease is a presentation of extrapulmonary Tuberculosis. When Dr.Rank comes in Nora says "Oh, I always have time for you-you know that" and she shows him her silk stockings. All of this is flirting. This reminds me of Curley's wife from the book Of Mice and Men. Her husband, Curly was a jerk to her. She was only viewed as a sex symbol through out the whole book. So, what she does is flirt with all the men around her to get attention. She also wanted to feel loved and to feel important. I think that maybe Nora does the same thing. Since Torvald does not treat her like an equal human being,she makes up for it she flirts with Rank.

Act one!

In class, we just finished the first act of A Dolls House. Nora is the first character who is introduced. The way I see Nora is that she’s a like a little girl.She spends money and does things without thinking of the consequences, like when she forged her fathers signature even though that is illegal. I believe she is slightly self-centered and doesn't care what other people have to say or how they feel unless it effects her. An example of this is when her good friend Mrs.Linde came to visit her after they haven't seen eachother in long time. As they were catching up, Nora talked about herself the whole time. Even when she realizes she being a bit selfish and switches topics to Kristina(Mrs.Linde), she jumps back seconds later to telling her something about herself.
Nora just skips around doing frivolous things while her husband, Helmer, looks over her and makes sure she doesn’t get herself into trouble.Torvald Helmer is the next character introduced. He has a job at the bank and is about to get a promotion. Nora seems to be completely dependent on Helmer and he babies her. Not only that but he degrades her and make himself appear to be on a higher level then Nora. He refers to her as his little squirrel or twittering skylark. He also calls her a scatterbrain.
Most women would find this offensive and would not marry a man who treated them like this. Although, Nora is the opposite. She completely gives into it. She replies to these names as if they were her own. Also, today Miss Santos mentioned that in the movie, Nora imitates a squirrel to convince Helmer to give her money. Instead of standing against such sexist comments, Nora just plays the part of her husbands pretty little skylark.

Henrik Ibsen is author of the play A Dolls House. He was born in Norway in 1828 into a well-to-do merchant family. Ibsen wrote many realistic dramas and poems. Many people think of him as the "father of modern drama". As a child, *"his mother turned to religion for solace and his father began to suffer from severe depression. The characters in his plays often mirror his parents". Alot of times in his stories, there were financial and mortality issues. So, his family and childhood greatly influenced his work.

I think the play may have to do with the way the husband, Helmer, in the play treats his wife,Nora. Helmer refers to his wife as a "skylark" or a "scampering squirrel" which belittle her. Maybe he just thinks of her as just a pretty little doll but she wouldnt really be anything without him. Also Nora seems to see her little children as baby dolls. In the play when the maid offers to take her children outdoor cloths off she declines the offer and says its fun to change her children. This resembles when little girls like to dress up their dolls.




*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik_Ibsen