ACT III

A lot has happened in Act III. In a quick summary, Helmer found out about Nora forging her fathers bond. He was furious and was telling Nora that she is a horrible woman, wife and mother to her children. He told her that she ruined his life and reputation. The maid later brought Helmer another letter later that night from Krogstad. This letter contained the bond and an apology for the trouble he caused Nora. Helmer told Nora that they were saved and they can pretend like this never happened. Then he immediately ripped up the bond and letter and burned it on the stove so there was no evidence (just in case). Helmer then went back to being very flirty with Nora, the same way he was after the party and before he read the letter. Nora did not fall for him anymore; she sat him down and told him that she was leaving him.
There were a lot of ups and downs in this act. Helmer defiantly has anger issues plus he was drunk. Also he kept degrading Nora and that caused her to degrade herself. At the end of Act III when Nora is talking about how her whole life she has been treated like a doll from her father and her husband. Now she treats her children like this, she never had her own opinion and couldn’t stand it. When she was tell this all to Helmer I finally saw her for who she was and not Helmer’s doll or puppet. For Nora to come out and finally say how she is feeling and to stand up for herself is a totally something that you would have thought would happen.

Act II

In Act II of A Doll’s House we find out many things about all the characters. In this Act Nora’s friend Dr. Rank tells her that he is dying. Nora is so taken back by this because Dr. Rank has a huge crush on her and she keeps teasing him, by being very flirty. She was just about to ask him if he can help her pay off her debt. She didn’t though because she knows that Dr. Rank worked hard for all the money that he has now and doesn’t want to take it away from a dying man. After Dr. Rank leaves, Krogstad comes and tells Nora that because Helmer fired him he has wrote him a letter telling him about all the things that have happened with Nora’s illegal acts. He tells her then drops the letter into the letter box and only Helmer has the key. This makes Krogstad look like a selfish, cold-hearted jerk. Now Nora is freaking out because she doesn’t want Helmer finding out, but she doesn’t know what to do.
Nora’s friend Mrs. Linde, Kristina, says that Krogstad would have done anything for her a while ago. Therefore she says that she will try to help her friend Nora. The way that Nora and Kristina act and talk about and to Dr. Rank and Kragstad makes them look like they are not very faithful to their husbands. Even if they haven’t and won’t do anything with them they still seem sneaky. Dr. Rank practically loves Nora and isn't afraid to show it.

ACT I

In Act I of A Doll's House we are introduced to Nora and Helmer. They are a married couple and have three children and live in a small Norwegian village. Helmer treats Nora as a plaything and doesn’t respect her. Because of that I feel Nora treats her children the way she is treated. She treats her children as if they were dolls. There was a part in the play when her children returned from outside with the nanny and Nora says that she would love to take off the children’s outside things because is fun. She also calls her children, mostly her youngest, “little dollies.” This shows the relationship between the Helmer family members.
Nora is very discreet with the things she does. For example, in the first act she is eating macaroons, her husband Helmer forbids her to eat sweets, so she snacks on them real quick then they hides them and wipes her mouth to talk to Torvald. Helmer is very against debt and borrowing money. When he is bedridden from an illness Nora is forced to borrow money to save his life. She did this all behind his back. She took out a huge loan to take him to Italy for a warmer climate to cure him and he thinks that her father gave them the money. Her father died and she is now paying off a loan from Kragstad, a worker at Helmer's bank. She forged her fathers signature to get his money after he died and now Krogstad knows and is holding it against her. Krogstad is a lawyer at Helmer's bank and is fired for forging something and not admitting it. Mrs. Linde is a good friend of Nora's and wants Krogstad's job.
Helmer has to fire Krogstad because of his illegal doing and is explaining this to Nora. He tells her that he has corrupted his whole family and ruined his life. He says that it is bad for a man to do that, but for a woman with kids it is worse because not only is she corrupted but so are her children. After hearing this Nora really cannot tell Helmer about what she has done. She is also fearing that because her husband is firing Krogstad, that Krogstad will tell Helmer what she did. All because Helmer sent him a letter firing him and Nora tries to get Helmer to get the letter back, but he won't do. This makes Helmer seem really not caring over his wife's feelings. How will this situation play out? We will find out in Act II.

HENRIK IBSEN

The Norwegian author and dramatist, Henrik Ibsen, wrote many plays. One we will read is A Doll’s House. Everything Ibsen did in his life he devoted to the theater. He was born on March 20, 1828 and died on May 23, 1906. When he was only eight years old his family went into poverty. Ibsen's mother loved the theater and that is why Henrik Ibsen got so into theater and is one of the best Norwegian playwirters.
As a child Ibsen loved art and want to become an artist. His mother was a painter and she was also big on theater and that really inspired Ibsen. Ibsen became a very famous playwriter and in 1852 his theater sent him on a study to Denmark and Germany. Henrik Ibsen wrote "A Doll's House" and it was shown on stage on December 21, 1879 in Copenhagen, Demark. The play is about a man and wife, where the wife is treated as a play thing.

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