ACT II

In act II, a lot of things took place, and a lot of things were discovered. Nora tried to convince Torvald to save Krogstad's job. Because of Mrs.Linde, Krogstad fears losing his position at the bank, Torvald says that Krogstad is an embarrassment basically because of his bad reputation. Which actually, Nora is doing the same thing that Krogstad did in his past. Which would mean Nora is no better than Torvald, for being a liar and forging signatures.
Also, Nora flirts with Dr. Rank and shows him her stockings. Personally, I think Nora was wrong, and I think she has been leading him on for the longest time now. Soon after, Nora finds out that Dr. Rank likes her. Nora probably didn't purposely mean to lead on Dr. Rank; perhaps she just has a flirtatious personality with men. However, she could have known that Dr. Rank liked her because there are usually signs. Nora is simply playing with Dr. Rank's emotions, which isn’t right at all.
Also, Krogstad decides to tell Torvald everything in a letter, and put it in the letterbox. From the moment she finds out of this, she tries to prevent Torvald from seeing it. Although, she wants the truth to come out, she doesn't want it to be from anyone else. Nora should have told her husband before she was exposed and the truth came out. I believe that eventually, the truth will come out, one way or another. It probably is going to be excruciating when Torvald finds out, because their whole marriage has been based on a lie.
Torvald must think Nora may be intolerable at times, but he still loves her. Whatever happens to Nora when Torvald find outs, I believe it is fair retribution because of her building up of lies. The situation could've been dealt with much better than him having to find out on his own. I think it would've been more mature for Nora to simply tell her husband on her own. Sometimes, when you just tell the truth, the person respects you more in the end, rather than not telling the person at all and thinking that protects them, they may resent you for it. A lie can hurt much more than the truth does in the end.

Act one Analysis 5/26

So far, A Doll’s House has been a very interesting story. Nora, the main character has a very self-centered personality. Throughout the first act, she makes comments that show her true selfish traits. Her husband Helmer, is oblivious in some ways. But at the same time, he makes comments that show how he feels about the role of women.

Helmer is also very loving to his wife, and he spoils her by giving her money. Also, Helmer calls her names throughout act one. I can relate because I've been called names before, and sometimes I have selfish traits, like Nora. Helmer seems to be very frivolous. He vehemently mentions her use of money and how he disagrees with it.

In act one, Dr. Rank (their friend) hasn't really interfered with Nora, or Helmer's problems. I believe Nora has a very selfish character because she's used to others providing for her, instead of her helping out and providing for others. Therefore, she's very self-centered when she talks about things throughout act one. However, act one told us a lot about the characters and their personalities.

First Assignment (:

hi :-) my name is Aminah Miller. I have liked most about English class, reading "A raisin in the sun". that was my most favorite part of the year because i was interested in the book.

Facts on Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen was a norwegian dramatist and poet. Very soon after he began writing poetry, he published his first play, Catilina, a tragedy in verse in 1850. He was born on Mar 20, 1828 and he died on May 23, 1906. Ibsen was born to Knud Ibsen and Marichen Altenburg, a merchant family, in the small town of Skien, Norway, which was noted for shipping timber. Despite Ibsen's failure to be successful as a playwright, he gained a great deal of practical experience at the Norwegian Theater, experience that became very useful for him.

Title of book

I think the title of the play has something to do with the author. Therefore, I believe the whole story was influenced by something in the author's life. The title of it is "A Dolls House" which leads me to assume it has something to do with dolls. However, It may not have anything to do with dolls at all. All titles of books dont always give away what the story line is about. Therefore, "A Dolls House" could be about anything.





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