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At this point, she was found out. In real life, when Victor discovered Laura's secret loan, he divorced her and had her committed to an asylum. Two years later, she returned to her husband and children at his urging, and she went on to become a well-known Danish author, living to the age of 83.
A DOLL’S HOUSE
Yes, Torvald, I have changed my things now. I have loved you above everything else in the world. NORA.[disengages herself, and says firmly and decidedly]. Now you must readyour letters, Torvald.
Brief Biography of Henrik Ibsen
Please check your payment details and try again. Torvald explains that, when a man has forgiven his wife, it makes him love her all the more since it reminds him that she is totally dependent on him, like a child. He preserves his peace of mind by thinking of the incident as a mere mistake that she made owing to her foolishness, one of her most endearing feminine traits.
A Doll’s House
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But now I mustcut myself free from all that. My sons are growing up; for their sake I musttry and win back as much respect as I can in the town. This post in the Bankwas like the first step up for me—and now your husband is going to kickme downstairs again into the mud. KROGSTAD.It is not only for the sake of the money; indeed, that weighs least with me inthe matter.
NORA.I don’t know; I think there is; but you must not read anything of thatkind now. Nothing horrid must come between us until this is all over. NORA.Yes, nobody is to have the chance of admiring me in my dress until tomorrow.
Mrs Linde is looking for work from Nora’s husband. [Goes to the door andlistens.] No—it is no one. Of course, no one will come today,Christmas Day—nor tomorrow either. But, perhaps—[opens the doorand looks out]. No, nothing in the letterbox; it is quite empty.
by Henrik Ibsen
According to it a woman has no right to spare herold dying father, or to save her husband’s life. HELMER.You have loved me as a wife ought to love her husband. Only you had notsufficient knowledge to judge of the means you used. But do you suppose you areany the less dear to me, because you don’t understand how to act on yourown responsibility?
Now then, that’s all we want. NORA.[takes her hand out of his and goes to the opposite side of the ChristmasTree]. How hot it is in here; and I have such a lot to do. HELMER.My dear, I have often seen it in the course of my life as a lawyer. Almosteveryone who has gone to the bad early in life has had a deceitful mother. But, don’t tell anyone about the stranger man.
All these eightyears—she who was my joy and pride—a hypocrite, a liar—worse,worse—a criminal! The unutterable ugliness of it all! [NORA is silent and looks steadily at him. He stops in front ofher.] I ought to have suspected that something of the sort would happen. Iought to have foreseen it.
It was no easy matter to get away, I can tell you. It was just after Ivarwas born; but naturally we had to go. It was a wonderfully beautiful journey,and it saved Torvald’s life. But it cost a tremendous lot of money,Christine. NORA.So you are quite alone. How dreadfully sad that must be.
Torvald is overly concerned with decorum, even more so than with his alleged love for Nora. Eventually, Nora sees through the hypocrisy of the whole system and decides to break free from the shackles of the society she lives in, leaving both her husband and her children. Doctor Rank, who is dying of an incurable disease, arrives as Nora is getting ready for a fancy-dress party.
To Nora’s great surprise, Kristine Linde, a former school friend, comes into the room. The two have not seen each other for years, but Nora mentions having read that Mrs. Linde’s husband passed away a few years earlier. Mrs. Linde tells Nora that when her husband died, she was left with no money and no children. Nora tells Mrs. Linde about her first year of marriage to Torvald.
You are a clever boy, Ivar.Let me take her for a little, Anne. [Takes thebaby from the MAID and dances it up and down.] Yes, yes, mother will dancewith Bob too. I wish I had been there too! No,no, I will take their things off, Anne; please let me do it, it is such fun. Goin now, you look half frozen.
Dr. Rank leaves the study and mentions that he feels wretched, though like everyone he wants to go on living. In contrast to his physical illness, he says that the man in the study, Krogstad, is "morally diseased". A Doll’s House is a three-act play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It concerns the lives of a group of middle class Norwegians in the 1870s, and deals with themes such as appearances, the power of money, and the place of women in a patriarchal society. The next day – Christmas Day – Nora is waiting for the letter from Krogstad to arrive, and for her secret to be revealed. Soon after Krogstad’s departure, Nora and Torvald enter, back from the costume ball.
Only just as muchas you can afford; and then one of these days I will buy something with it. HELMER.That is like a woman! But seriously, Nora, you know what I think about that. There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life thatdepends on borrowing and debt.
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