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.