At the beginning of the play, Ibsen begins by painting a picture of the house that Nora and Torvald Helmer live in. In describing the house, he lets the reader understand the living situation of the family. He shows that the Helmers are an average income family, and shows a little bit about their lifestyle. In the beginning of the story, they begin by discussing their situation of money. Torvald reminds Nora that she can not go out and but frivolous items just because their income is going to increase. Even though they disagree on the conversation of their finances, Ibsen leads you to believe that they have a strong relationship. The author also shows in the first few pages that, even though Nora does get her

Shortly after the beginning, Mrs. Linde, who is Nora’s long time friend, enters the story. She is let in by the maid, and Nora hardly recognizes her because she has not seen her in many years. Mrs. Linde explains to Nora that she has come to visit in hopes that Nora can help her get a job. Mrs. Linde found out that Torvald had been promoted to Bank manager, and was hoping that Nora could help her find some work at the bank. As the two of them catch up, Nora lets Mrs. Linde in on the biggest secret that Nora has ever kept from anyone. She tells Mrs. Linde that Torvald was very ill in the past, and was in a desperate need to go overseas to Italy. Nora and Torvald did not have the money at the time, so Nora supposedly borrowed it from her father, who was very ill. The truth behind the story is that she did not borrow money from her father, she borrowed it from another man, but she did not reveal that to Linde right away. Linde is surprised when she finds out that Nora went behind her husbands back and borrowed money from another person. “I think it’s rash to do something without his knowing…”(160). This is another example of how the author made it seem as though the man had more influence over situations. Nora did not tell her husband where she borrowed it, because he was strongly against borrowing money from others, and owing people money.

Despite the valiant effort by Nora, Torvald did not like Krogstad, and sent a letter to him, announcing his dissmisal from his job. Shortly after this took place, Krogstad arrived at the Helmer’s home quite angry. He received the letter earlier, and decided to write a letter of his own. He dropped a letter in the mail box, addressed to Mr. Helmer, explaining everything about Nora borrowing money from him. He also ke

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