Act 3

As Nora makes her final decision to leave, she takes a step near the door and looks back. All she sees is Torvald as an emotional wreck, pleading for her to stay. In her mind she knows she has to become more mature and independent. Not just for him but for herself. She knows she can't stay with him but she knows that she should take something important with her and that is her kids. She calls them down, tells them to pack up. They give her a puzzled look but they obey her order. They race down the stairs and asked a million questions but Nora pulls them aside and says "Goodbye Torvald". As they step outside the house, Nora has a weight lifted off her shoulders but deep down in her heart she has some sympathy left for Torvald. Nora tells her children that they will be leaving for a little bit. Torvald falls into a deep despair, his heart slowly breaks.
As time slowly passes, Nora finds love and finds herself truly happy with her life. Her kids are growing up, they are also very happy with their lives.On the other hand Torvald has fallen into a deep depression. Each and everyday he regrets the ways he treated Nora. He never realized how much he loved her until she was gone.

Act 2

At the end of  Act 2 ,I realized lots of drama continued and other odd romantic attractions started. To begin with Nora flirts with Dr. Rank who is not only friends with Torvald but also Dr. Rank is secretly in love with her. Nora on the other hand does not have any feelings for him, or so she says. Afterward, when Dr. Rank spills out his love for her and he asks if he should "leave for good". He mistakes her affection towards him as actual feelings.  In my opinion, I feel as if she hurt him but she is too oblivious to actually see it. She is too blinded by the lies she has surrounded her and her life with. Soon after,the situation becomes more intolerable when she has a conversation with Krogstad. They constantly bicker at each other about how Torvald will never find out about the money, which maybe he will. When one thing leads to another. she says she has the courage to commit suicide so if Torvald does find out she won't have to deal with the consequences. In my opinion, Nora is blundered. She continues to make careless mistakes without even knowing the consequences in the end. If she never started her life out with a lie, she wouldn't be suffering in certain situations. Soon enough. Mrs. Linde helps Nora out by talking to Krogstad for her. This helps Nora distract Torvald form seeing the letter Krogstad left in the box. Nora decides to screw up the tarantella so Torvald can't see the letter. Continuously, Nora counts down her time before she dies. If Nora told the truth from the beginning, do you still think Krogstad would of still got back at her for taking his money?

Act 1: A Dolls House

After reading Act 1 of "A Dolls house" I felt that Torvald Nora's husband, treats her like a child. Even though they are married, he still continues to tease her and to call her names such as "squirrel" and "song- bird". He also teases her for being a "spend thrift". At first Nora is a very joyful character who only cares about money. When she finds out that Torvald will be getting a promotion, she knows he will be earning more money. The difference between Torvald and Nora is that Torvald does not like spending and borrowing money from others while Nora will borrow and use all the money that she can find. Money will always make Nora happy. During this time we meet another character named Mrs. Linde. She is a family friend of Nora's. She hopes that she can get a job at the same bank Torvald works at. As Nora and Mrs.Linde speak, I start to notice how self conceited she is. She constantly talks about her self and how great her life is. Nora then becomes very vehemently towards the conversation her and Mrs. Linde are having.
         Mrs. Linde basically calls Nora a child, which she is. During this time a secret slips out. Nora supposedly borrowed the money from her father. Why can't she tell the truth? How much trouble will she get into if she keeps telling lies? Nora is very degenerate and falls below in certain qualities such as being honest. But will being honest get her in trouble with Torvald and Krogstad? I don't understand why Krogstad is threatening her or attempting to black mail her about the money she "borrowed". ? In the end of act 1, lots of people seem corrupt.Could she have possibly borrowed it from Krogstad or is Krogstad just a criminal? Why does Nora continue to lie to her husband?

About Henrik Ibsen

Hey, my name is Kristina Collins and the thing that I have liked the most throughout English class this year is the books/stories we have read.

     The author of “A Doll’s House” is Henrik Ibsen. Ibsen was born on March 20^th, 1828 in Skien, Norway. He grew up in a small town. He was the oldest of five children. His father was a merchant and his mother painted, played piano, and loved to do theater work. His family went poor when he was 8 due to working problems with his dad. Ibsen spent most of his time reading and painting. When he was 15 he stopped going to school and got a job.

     In 1850, he started going to college at the University of Christiania. He did theater work quite often.In 1858, he got married and only had one child.  A while later in 1868, he moved to Germany where he wrote “A Doll’s House”. This play was about a woman named Nora who has to struggle with the role of being a wife and mother. In 1900, he had multiple strokes which left him unable to write. He then passed away on May 23^rd, 1906. 

I got this information from http://www.biography.com/people/henrik-ibsen-37014#early-works