Summary Of A Doll House And Fences

She gains her independence and saves her husband. However, her reputation is nearly destroyed after Torvald finds out she forged the letter. Nora asking, “It is indiscreet, to save your husband’s life,” knows that she sacrificed a lot to save Torvald (Ibsen 1029). Nora believes she saved Torvald’s life, she also believes that if he knew then their lives would never be the same. If Torvald knew Nora had taken out a loan, he would feel indebted to her and that would be humiliating to his masculinity, while disrupting their “happy” home life. However, Nora relinquished many of the things that meant a lot to her. Nora forged her father’s signature risking her and Torvald’s reputation. She also takes on all the debt herself, paying it off with her spending money. Nora will not be able to buy as much for herself with the debt revealing her willingness to sacrifice wealth for Torvald’s wellbeing. Just as Cyrano sacrifices his life to send letters to Roxane, Nora sacrifices her happiness and reputation to save Torvald. This shows Nora’s devotion and unconditional love towards Torvald. Both Cyrano and Nora are risking their lives for someone they love. As Cyrano repeatedly risks his life for Roxane, Nora feels as though her “duties to herself” are more valuable than her devotion to anyone else as she states, “aren’t they your duties to your husband and children?... Duties to myself…” (1076). Nora has gone through a kind

Later in Act I, her friend Mrs. Linde visits Nora. Even in their conversation Mrs. Linde comments on Nora's childish behavior. "Well my heavens - a little needlework and such - Nora, you're just a child." (Ibsen 1511). Nora quickly defends herself, in some sense to regain her standing within her own ranks. "I've also got something to be proud and happy for. I'm the one who saved Torvald's life." (Ibsen 1511). By doing this Nora is secretly undermining society and providing for her husband. In contrast to society beliefs at the time, shouldn't a wife provide for her husband in his sickness? Thus creating an interesting paradox passed upon wedding vows. Apparently not or Nora would have confided in Torvald sooner. "Mrs. Linde: And you've never confided..." (Ibsen 1512).

Nora thought she did the right thing by borrowing money when Helmer was sick and not telling him. She knows that it was illegal to forge her father’s signature but feels that this crime should not apply to her because she had the good intention of helping her husband get well. This can be seen as an example of the subordinate position of women in society. Nora was thinking of the well being of her husband, while not thinking about the rules of the business world which is where men had all of the power at the time and even today. This is evident when Krogstad, the man she borrowed money from, comes to meet with Nora with the forged loan to discuss what she has done.

Torvald told Nora “Don’t contradict me, Nora. Sweet Nora… Spendthrifts are sweet, but they spend an awful lot of money. You have no idea what it cost a man to feed these little birds.” (Ibsen 335). Instead of being the spendthrift that both Torvald and Christine blame her for, Nora is pretty dang thrifty. She has been secretly working odd jobs and not continually skimming cash from her allowance to pay back the loan. Later on we discover that Nora was so determined to save her spouse that she committed fraud just to do as such. This decision demonstrates that Nora is both brave and diligent. She values love over the law. When her little secret is uncovered one may realize that, underneath the silly character she plays for her spouse, there is an entire other very skilled Nora waiting to take place. This other, more competent Nora was eventually brought out away from any confining influence. The anguish of Krogstad 's blackmail begins the procedure, but yet the last blow is Torvald 's response when he figures out the truth. At the point when what Nora believes to be "the brilliant thing" doesn 't happen when Torvald

The play A Doll's House is about a married couple with a troublesome relationship where the husband treats his wife like a kid. The wife Nora, is then in a dilemma where she is trying to keep a secret but is then found out by her husband Torvald. The two exchange their feelings where Nora then realizes she never wanted Torvald and needs to find her true self before she goes on with her life. If Nora choose to stay with Torvald they would have the possibility to start from the beginning and reconstruct their relationship

Nora often asks for money from Torvald and the two end up in a quarrel over whether Nora is a spendthrift or not. Nora likes to spend money on herself and her children and Torvald does not agree with this. When Nora comes in from a Christmas shopping trip one day the two get in an argument due to the fact that Torvald does not like that Nora had spent money. In the play, Nora wants to depend on credit for a few months and Torvald is completely against this but listens to Nora. Torvald does not agree with using credit due to the fact that he feels it makes himself feel unpleasant.

“That is like a woman! But seriously, Nora, you know what I think about that. No debt, no borrowing ‘Torvald’” (12). The moment Torvald spoke these words, is when the story truly began to evolve. The first words Torvald speak that stand out are when he say, “That is like women” which immediately makes Nora feel as if she can’t act like herself or a women in order to make her husband happy, but it was too late. Nora knew that she already borrowed money and didn’t follow Torvald’s rules, even if it was out of love, but know matter what, she knew that she wasn’t going to be treated ordinary from Torvald or anyone else for that

In order to obtain the money, Nora had pretended to be her father because society, believing women cannot handle wealth and power, entrusts only men with finances. Had it been acceptable for women to have authority, Nora would not have forged the signature, been portrayed as a liar and found herself faced with the paper evidencing her attempt to circumvent her financial powerlessness which results in Krogstad’s bribe. Soon after the meeting, Torvald makes the decision to fire Krogstad from the bank. Furious that Nora was unable to keep him employed, Krogstad leaves a letter for Torvald revealing Nora’s secret past fogery. Although Nora panics that her marriage will soon be ruined she opposes Mrs. Linde’s offer to talk to Krogstad because, “It is no use.

Nora tells Torvald, “You and [me] I both would transform ourselves to the point that…I have stopped believing in miracles” (Kirszner and Mandell). Henrik Ibsen’s ending for his play, “A Doll House” must stay the same, or many integral parts of Nora’s story would not have any intrinsic value. Although the description of Nora’s character at the beginning of Act I as an irresponsible spender and her husband calls her “my squirrel” (Ibsen 6). The conclusion of the play showed that people can grow and how the character of Nora Torvald developed through Ibsen’s writing. What eventually bewildered Nora’s friends and family was her abrupt exit from their lives. The play illustrated her personal growth even though others did not understand leaving was the next phase in her maturation process. The ending of the play represents

As Mrs. Linde and Nora continue with their conversation, Nora begins to question whether Torvald does love her. Nora begins to tell her story of how she was the one to raise the money for the trip to Italy and not Torvald. She reveals how she went to Krogstad and asked for a loan to help pay for the trip. When Mrs. Linde asked if Torvald knew any of this information Nora replied, "He's so strict on that subject ... with all his masculine pride how painfully humiliating for him if he ever found out he was in debt to me" (1194). Nora did not feel comfortable telling Torvald about the predicament because she did not want to offend him. Torvald is set on complying by his morals and the fact that Nora disobeyed them would dishonor her

A Doll’s House is realistic due to it’s accurate presentation of social responsibility. The display of women’s social responsibility was accurate in the way of how a woman is supposed to act and her position. Nora represents the realistics of a woman throughout the play by being a stay at home mom, dressing and acting like a doll, and is inferior. The display of men’s social responsibility was accurate in the way of how a man is supposed to act and treat his wife. Torvald represents the realistics of a man throughout the play by being the breadwinner, controlling his wife, and showing his anger towards his

When Torvald is sick, there is nothing he can do for his family. The doctor gave him specific instructions to focus on regaining his health and nothing else. This resulted in Nora engaging in illegal behavior to raise money to pay for Torvald’s medical expenses as well as any other family needs. Once Torvald has recovered and discovers the trouble Nora is in, he becomes angry at her for potentially ruining their shared name. He is also frustrated that she had to protect the family and especially him while he was incapacitated due to his illness. He did not like the thought of Nora being an independent woman and looking out for everyone since that is meant to be one of his duties to his

    A Doll's House, by Henrik Ibsen, was written during a time when the role of woman was that of comforter, helper, and supporter of man. The play generated great controversy due to the fact that it featured a female protagonist seeking individuality.   A Doll's House was one of the first plays to introduce woman as having her own purposes and goals. The heroine, Nora Helmer, progresses during the course of the play eventually to realize that she must discontinue the role of a doll and seek out her individuality. David Thomas describes the initial image of Nora as "that of a doll wife who revels in the thought of luxuries that can now be afforded, who is become with flirtation, and engages

A Doll 's House not only explains Ibsen’s view on the topic of women and marriage, but tastefully and subtly provides a new opinion for the reader: that women were just as powerful as men. The play tells the story of the life of a wealthy family in Norway in the 1870 's. The play specifically follows the lives of Nora and Torvald Helmer and friends. The opening scene por-trays Nora entering their residence on Christmas Eve, returning home after shopping with maca-roons. When Torvald enters, scolding Nora for wasting money on them. It is revealed that they have had problems with money in the past even though that Torvald recently gained the position of a new, highly paying job at the bank. When Torvald reminds her to budget her spending

Later in the play things start getting complicated for Nora. Her husband Torvald had become Mr. Krogstad boss at work, and Torvald wanted to fire Mr. Krogstad. This is when Mr. Krogstad starts to blackmail Nora. He wants Nora to stop Torvald from firing him. If she does not, Mr. Krogstad was going to tell Torvald her secret. This should have been the perfect time for Nora to tell the truth to her husband, but she believed that telling Torvald the truth will ruin their relationship. Nora says to her friend Mrs. Linde “Torvald, with all his masculine pride – how painfully humiliating for him if he ever found out he was in debt to me. That would ruin our relationship. Our beautiful, happy home would never be the same” (Iben 802)