Analytical Essay On A Dolls House

When Torvald finds her hairpin stuck in the keyhole of the letter box, Nora tells him it must have been their children trying to get into it, not willing to admit that she had tried to break into his things. Although the truth about her is about to be discovered, Nora wants to preserve the last bits of dignity that she has left, finally worrying about herself before anyone else. This last lie however, leads up to her finally speaking the truth and expressing that she no longer feels that she loves Torvald. Her husband is furious at her, insulting her, and fails to see that every lie that she told was for his sake. Realizing that Torvald can’t see her side of things and will only find fault in what she did, she comes to her decision to leave her family. Nora states that she is not happy and never really was, her marriage to Torvald was as fakes as a doll house according to her. Rather than lie, she is completely honest now and states that she wants to become her own person and learn that which she doesn’t know despite what society might think.

In A Doll House, Nora finds herself subordinate to her husband as well as the rules of society. Torvald forbids her from the consumption of macarons, bestows on her an allowance as if she were a child, persuades her to do as he wishes, dance like this, not like that, and she like a “good little lark” obeys his most every will. Her act of courage and independence, illegally taking out a loan to save his life, is seen as wrong in the eyes of society, while she sees it as necessary and forgivable; it is what a good wife should do for her husband.

A trivial bureaucrat, Krogstad graciously loans Nora Helmer money from the bank years ago so that she may pay for the expenses of treating her husband’s life-threatening illness in Italy. In order for Nora to be able to borrow money, she must have the written consent of a male relative, for her female status in society is regarded as inferior to that of men in the eyes of the law. Unfortunately, however, the two male relatives in her life--her husband and her father--are both near the very brink of death at the time and thus, certainly cannot sign the consent papers necessary for Nora to borrow the much-needed money. In an impulsive, sincere move, Nora forges her father’s signature on the papers so that she may save the life of her husband. As innocently simple and heroic as this action seems, it actually resurfaces years later in Nora’s life to haunt and threaten her perfect, blissful life when Krogstad, now a bitter, lonely, disreputable man, reveals to Nora that her actions of forgery were illegal and that such charges of forgery could destroy her and her family’s reputation as they had for him. Following this revelation, he threatens Nora that if her beloved husband Torvald does not provide Krogstad with honorable employment in his bank, then he would reveal this treacherous secret to her husband and consequently destroy all that she holds dear in the

Now that Krogstad is fired from the bank, He is blackmailing Nora for her getting a loan through signing her dying father’s signature. When Torvald finds out about Nora’s crime, She expect sympathy from Torvald about her dilemma because he said to her that he fantasizes about risking his life to save Nora’s. “Do you know, Nora, I have often wished that you might be threatened by some great danger, so that I might risk my life’s blood, and everything, for your sake” (Ibsen, 833). Once given the opportunity, however; Torvald shows no intention of sacrificing his life or anything for Nora, thinking only about his appearances. His selfishness becomes

However, Nora does eventually realize that she has been treated like a child all her life and has been denied the right to think and act the way she wishes. When Torvald does not immediately offer to help Nora after Krogstad threatens to expose her, Nora realizes that there is a problem. By waiting until after he discovers that his social status will suffer no harm, Torvald reveals his true

It is Christmas time when the play begins and with a larger income starting after the New Year, Nora is excited for a arrival of a new life. Yet, this ideal life for her begins to change when an old friend by the name of Mrs. Linde pays a visit to the Helmer household. Mrs. Linde, looking for a job has come to Nora looking for help

The author through use of different characters expounds the theme of deception in the play and highlights its effects. For instance, the first deed of deception is portrayed when Nora deceives her hubby and gets cash from Krogstad to have him treated. Nora carries on his lies proposing to refund back the mortgage even though she knew it well she could not afford. According to him, it was her responsibility to lie for the sake of protecting her ill husband even though this made him susceptible as a superwoman to Krogstad who afterward kept threatening her. In addition, Nora considers that her deed of dishonesty was for the sake of 'greater good'

This newest blow pushed him beyond his breaking point and he resorted to dishonorable methods once more. Krogstad, who was the loan shark that Nora turned to in her time of crisis, was privy to information about Nora that no one else knew and he used this information to blackmail her. He showed Nora little mercy and did not care about the difficulties that he would impose on her life. He was unchanging in his motive and did not back down despite Nora's protests. By the end of their meeting, Krogstad threatens Nora with the promise that she will meet the same end as him if she does not help him out: "But this I may tell you, that if I am flung into the gutter a second time, you shall keep me company."

Nora is faced with a difficult situation in where she is caught for a fraud she commited, her two choices are to lie which would not have stopped Krogstad from exposing her or confess that she committed the fraud which would allow for her to show Krogstad that she does not fear him showing that she was able to adapt to the situation instead of letting the situation take control over her as it did with

Nora is married to Torvald Helmer who is the new manager of the bank. During his health crisis, he befriended Dr. Rank who reveals that he has a love interest for Nora Helmer. While Torvald was sick, Nora forged a contract in her fathers name to get a loan from Nil Krogstad which later came back to bite her. Once Krogstad found out the Nora's husband was the new manager, he blackmailed

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.

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).

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)

Here, Nora pulls together the tragic circumstances. She sees that she was never truly happy in the house, just content. Her father kept her as a child would a doll, and Torvald continued this when they were married. They formed her opinions for her, set expectations to which she was supposed to adhere, and wrote a vague script of how she was supposed to act. She was like a puppet, with no thoughts or actions of her own. When she finally realizes the injustice being done to her, she decides to free herself.

Mrs. Linde assumes that Dr. Rank is the person that Nora borrowed money from, but Nora denies it and doesn’t tell her who the real person is. Torvald shows up. Nora begs him to not fire Krogstad. Her begging only angers off Torvald, and he tells the maid to send Krogstad his notice. Torvald goes to his office. Nora then had a plan to ask Dr. Rank for the remainder of the money that she owes, but her plan fails when he tells her that he will be dying soon and that he is in love with her. She feels guilty and doesn’t ask. As Dr. Rank goes in to see Torvald, Krogstad comes storming in, upset that he was fired. He yelled at Nora and then put blackmail in Torvald’s mailbox on the way out. In a fret, Nora tells Mrs. Linde everything. Mrs. Linde explains that she used to have a relationship with Krogstad that maybe she could change his mind. Mrs. Linde leaves to give a note to Krogstad, while Nora has to keep Torvald from reading the letter. The next night, while the costume party was taking place, Krogstad met up with Mrs. Linde to talk. The conversation revealed that they were once both deeply in love with one another, but Mrs. Linde left him for another wealthier man. She then confesses that she wants to get back with him. He accepts. They agree that they would leave Krogstad’s letter for Torvald to read because it would be better if Krogstad knew what his wife did for him. They ran