A Doll’s House
Henrik Ibsen’s play, A Doll’s House, was presented in a time a time and era when women could not be independent, when women could not stand up for themselves, when women had to be under the leadership of their husbands, and definitely in a time when women did not walk away and leave their husbands and their children too. He presents Nora, the protagonist, as the completely happy wife. She responds affectionately to Torvald’s teasing. Nora often kept secrets and told lies to cover up her own faults. Torvald would often call her a “silly girl”. Nora reveals that she is not just a “silly girl”. That she understands the business details related to the debt she uncured by taking out a loan to preserve her husbands’ health
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Our first impression of Nora, Torvald, and Krogstad are all eventually undercut. Nora initially seems like a silly, childish woman, but as the play progresses, we see that she is intelligent, motivated, and strong-willed, independent thinker. Torvald, though he plays the part of the strong, benevolent husband, reveals himself to be cowardly, petty, and selfish when he fears that Krogstad may expose him to scandal. Krogstad also reveals himself to be much more sympathetic and merciful character than he first appears to …show more content…
Krogstad set out to blackmail Nora because he so desperately needed the money after he learned from Torvald that he would be losing his job and he knew that he had children at home. Krogstad’s blackmail and the trauma that follows do not change Nora’s nature; instead, it opened her eyes to her unfulfilled and underappreciated potential. “I have been performing tricks for you, Torvald,” she says during her climactic confrontation with him”. Nora comes to realize that in addition to her literal dancing and singing tricks, she has been putting on a show throughout her marriage. She has pretended to become someone she is not in order to fulfill the role that Torvald and the society have expected of her. Krogstad never really let up on Nora until Linda went over to talk to him. His determination to destroy not only Nora, but Torvald too, because he no longer had a job. The tragedy of losing his job was upsetting to him and then to find out that the woman that left him for a richer man was the one to replace him. Krogstad is the antagonist in the play, but his is not necessarily a villain. Though his willingness to allow Nora’s torment to continue is cruel, Krogstad is not without sympathy for her. As he says, “Even money-lenders, hacks, well a man like me, can have a little of what you call feeling, you know.” He visits Nora
Krogstad’s behavior and motives are based on the fact that he does not want to lose his job at the bank where Nora’s husband Torvald manages. In a desperate attempt to keep his job and spare his children from hardship, he uses Nora to influence her husband. Her attempts to save Krogstad’s job fail because Torvald is convinced that Krogstad is a liar and a cheat and he will not jeopardize his moral character or be swayed by his wife. He states, “Do you think I’m going to make myself look ridiculous in front of my whole staff, and let people think I can be pushed around by all sorts of outside influence?” (1624)
Nora plays with Dr. Rank 's emotions; though by accident, she does so more than she had intended. Nora becomes desperate for money at one point and intends to use her sex appeal and subtle charm to get some from Dr. Rank. Nora is in the process of flirting
Krogstad’s letter served as proof to Nora of how Torvald didn’t care about her, making him the catalyst for Nora’s decision. This also gives a striking contrast to Torvald and Krogstad, how Torvald cares about his reputation because it affects himself, and how Krogstad cares about his reputation because it affects his childrens’ lives and his
A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen was first performed in 1879 when European society strictly enforced male supremacy over women. The play consists of a middle class couple, Torvald and Nora Helmer, who seem to have the perfect marriage, three children, and a pending respectable income with the husband’s recent promotion to bank manager. Torvald treats Nora like a doll, manicuring and manipulating her looks and actions. Although his controlling demeanor is concealed by innocent nicknames and monetary allowances, the affects of his domination over his wife are eventually exposed. At the end of the play, Nora leaves in a haze of anguish after her husband fails to defend her when she is accused
In relation to today’s societal standards, it is easy to judge Torvald for how he treated Nora, however, his behavior is not very outrageous given the time period. Ibsen created Torvald in the image of a typical Victorian era male. Torvald is a product of his society, the same way Nora is. It can be argued he is equally as imprisoned. At the beginning the play, Nora seems completely happy. She encourages Torvald’s teasing, speaks with excitement about the extra
Krogstad makes himself as a good man for the audience in the beginning of the play. He is shown as a poor and miserable man, who needs a job at the bank not only because he needs money, it’s also because he needs to start a new life and to have the people respect. Moreover, at the ends of the play, Krogstad becomes a protagonist character. When Kristine tells Krogstad that she has always loved him and asks him to restart a new relationship, he exposes himself as a more loving, character. In effect, Krogstad and Kristin relationship is an honest and respect, and that is missing in Helmer’s. As a reason of Krogstad happiness in his life recently, he takes back his threaten to Nora and sends another letter. The letter tells that he is sorry and that both of Nora and her husband were saved. “Helmer. You too, of course. We are both saved, you and I. looks he’s returned your note. He says he’s sorry and he apologizes-that a happy change in his life-what difference does it make what he says! We’re saved, Nora! ...” (1122; act 3) Krogstad ends his part in the play by becoming an example of a brave man and changes his character to the respectable one through the audience
When Krogstad threatens to expose the truth, Nora must use her craftiness to distract Torvald and sway him into letting Krogstad keep his job. Unfortunately, she is not able to change his mind, but she does succeed in diverting his suspicions of her motives. She praises him and lulls him into a false sense of security by telling him that "[n]o one has such good taste as [he has]" and then goes on to ask him if he could "take [her] in hand and decide what [she is] to go as" for the dance. She confesses to him that she "can't do anything without [him] to help [her]". These statements lead him to believe that he is the one to "rescue" her, when it is in fact Nora who is trying to rescue him from dishonour. Later on, when Krogstad puts a letter in Torvald's mail, explaining everything that Nora has done, Nora uses her charms once more. She pretends that she has forgotten the tarantella so that Torvald will spend all his time with her and think nothing of the mail that awaits him. Nora truly believes that by deceiving her husband, she is protecting him from worry. Because of Nora's deception, the person that Torvald believes her to be is quite different from the person she actually is. He believes that she is a "spendthrift," infatuated by expensive things when in reality, she saves her money to pay back Krogstad and buys cheap clothing and gifts. Torvald
Torvald treats his wife irrationally, as he places himself above her. He calls her names that make her seem small, such as “helpless little creature” (Isben 589) and “child.” (590). Nora is submissive to his dominant commands, and obeys him, possibly because she is fearful of losing him or her life. Krogstad, though, has the upper hand due to the financial loan and debt that Nora has withheld from her husband. Krogstad blackmails Nora with a letter that he threatens to give her husband if she does not fix his problems with Torvald. Nora feels obligated to both men, for the welfare of herself and her family to do as they say. Of course, with an excessive amount of power comes conflict.
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When the door slams at the end of “A Doll’s House” by Henry Ibsen, No one would not believe the woman walking out of her house is the same one who appeared at the beginning of the play. The main character in this play is Nora. Nora goes through a complete transformation, changing from a child like and dependant woman to a self strong woman pushing to become independent. Ibsen portrays the roles of society in the Victorian times in this play. Throughout her whole life, Nora’s husband and father have always controlled her; she has never been able to be independent, and the treatment she receives is not equal to the males around her, and the people around her belittle and patronize her to no end. Finally it goes too far and Nora realizes
After having used Krogstad to get what she needed, yet another issue arose. Krogstad turned on Nora once his position at the bank was on the line, and used her borrowing against her for his own good. “Niles Krogstad is also Mrs. Linde’s former crush, and he tries to redeem himself of his crimes of forgery by raising his children” (Rosefeldt).
Krogstad is a lawyer who went to school with Torvald. He could be the antagonist of the play due to his blackmailing to Nora. At first, he asks her to persuade Torvald to keep him at the bank, otherwise, he will spoil her secret. Additionally, his behavior toward Nora could be justified the he is fighting for his job and to provide his family.
Krogstad feels threatened by her influence because she can be the pivotal deciding factor in whether or not he keeps his job. Nevertheless, Krogstad tries to turn her influence to benefit himself by threatening to reveal her crime if she does not help him to keep his job. This backfires on Krogstad when two women, Nora and Mrs. Linde, manipulate Krogstad into feeling obstinate and therefore he promises never to tell anyone of what Nora has done. Nora's power helped her to remain protected throughout the entire play.
At the end of their first reconnection, Nora reveals that her transformation from obedient doll to liberated woman had already begun. She now admires Mrs. Linde for her long years of work and independence and uses it as inspiration for her own. In Mrs. Linde’s trust, Nora exposes her personal act of sovereignty: a few years ago, she had secretly borrowed money to save her husband’s life, incriminating herself. Even though she did the morally correct thing, Nora’s actions are condemnable and
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