A Doll's House Act II & III

In the final two acts of “A Doll’s House”, the protagonist, Nora, is left with a feeling of stress. Nora must figure out what she will do about Krogstad (antagonist) blackmailing her. Trying to convince Torvald of not firing Krogstad didn’t go as she had planned. Krogstad is dismissed and then comes up with another way of making Nora’s life miserable and leaves a letter telling Torvald everything in the mail box. This is like torture because her whole life depends on this letter and she cannot even get to it to destroy it. Mrs. Linde (confidant) knows the whole secret and tries to help Nora. The confidants plan to persuade Krogstad works and Mrs. Linde takes it upon herself to let the antagonist leave the letter in the box so the Torvald will know the whole truth. This should not have been Mrs. Linde’s decision rather Nora’s; she is the one whose life is at stake. It was wrong of Nora to have kept the secret for so long but it was her secret to tell when she was ready. After Torvald finds out about the whole thing his anger give Nora even more reason to want to leave. Nora’s decision is a little extreme in that she leaves her kids, that she loves, and says it is good for them in the long run. It was wrong to leave and not even to say bye so that she could start her life up again.


I think that leaving the kids for Torvald to raise is a waste and won’t be very helpful for them. Torvald will just raise the kids how he has treated Nora. Nora obviously left because she did not like how Torvlad treated her so what makes her think that he will treat the kids any differently. Nora should have taken the kids with her and let them grow up how she wanted to grow up. What I did not really get was if Mr. Rank was going to kill himself or if he was going to die. It seemed that he was going to kill himself after telling Nora that he had feelings for her. I am glad that Mrs. Linde could finally be happy at the end after all that she had been through.

A Doll's House Act I

First person point of view throughout Act I. A narrator describes the setting and it seems to be Christmas time around late 1870's. The protagonist, Nora Helmer, is a very upbeat optimistic wife that loves to shop, but for others. Torvald Helmer (husband) is very strict with her about money but only because of the hardships they seem to have had before he received a new job at a bank. The mood seems to change when an old friend of Nora, Mrs. Linde (confidant), comes and asks for her help. After awhile of talking of the trouble both women have had, the protagonist tells the confidant of how she came about helping her husband recover from a sickness. When the antagonist, Nils Krogstad, comes into the story, he only manages to ruin all the hopes Nora had about paying off the loan and about how happy they will all be with the money they will receive. The once chipper and excited wife becomes worried and stressed. She now has to think of a way her secret won't get to her husband which makes her ration and save even more money then she had to before.



This story has me wondering what is going to happen next. I like this feeling because it keeps me interested at all times. I don't find it boring at all because Nora seems to be a very funny and fun person with a "can do" attitude. She also seems to have secrets coming out every second which keeps the story interesting.