Nora is thrilled because she thinks she will finally be able to pay back the loan. ... Linde, an old school friend of Nora's. ... Nora panics and becomes desperate. ... He blackmails Nora over her husband's issues. ... Never being able to choose or express a hope, desire, thought, or wishes, without consideration of the dominant authority in her life. ...
However, with the characteristics that Nora has displayed in "A Doll's House", we can hypothecate that Nora would be able to survive without Torvald. The rights of women were limited, but not unmanageable, and with Nora's strengths, she would be able to overcome all obstacles. ... This fact only serves to reinforce the point that Nora would be able to survive on her own. Nora is much stronger than the average woman, and has many qualities about herself that lead us to believe that she would be able to survive alone. ... With the qualities that Nora has displayed in "A Doll&#...
The Modern Nora The possibility of a "Nora- existing this day and age is absolute. ... The "Nora- of today, however, brings up a few specific pictures to mind. ... However, "Nora's- can be found in both upper and lower class families and the young woman may not even be able to care for children if she was to poor to do so. Therefore, today's "Nora- may or may not be able to care for her own children. ... In fact, there are probably many "Nora's- existing today. ...
This character is Nora Helmer, wife to Torvald Helmer, and mother of two. She sways between the person she pretends to be and the one she will some day become, without actually being able to develop a sense of self. ... Early in their marriage, Nora borrowed a large sum of money from Nils Krogstad to be able to take the ill Torvald to a warm climate. ... Nora's actions are justifiable in my opinion, his are not. ... Nora had sinned for the well-being of another. ...
Kristine helped Nora fix her dress when Nora was helpless and did not know what to do. ... Nora, knowing that she might not be able to make it on her own, still cuts herself loose from the bonds of marriage, family, and society. ... Nora only made Torvald think she was helpless, and for that, Nora was manipulative too. She was able to stop Torvald from reading Krogstad's note. ... She showed the women of her time that they should be able to share their thoughts and opinions. ...
Torvald does not know that Nora acquires a loan from Krogstad and still thinks that Nora is naive. ... Linde even thinks that Nora's financial revenue is unheard of: Nora: It was I who procured the money. ... Nora: Two hundred and fifty pounds. ... Without a man's knowledge, Nora she deals with money very well, and in addition to household chores Nora finds ways to earn money. ... I have not been able to put aside much from my housekeeping money, for Torvald must have a good table. ...
In the first act, Nora seems to just want money from her husband Torvald. ... It is impressive that Nora was able to get the loan as Nora's friend, Mrs. ... It is admirable what is now known of Nora. ... Finally, when Torvald finds out of the debt and Nora's forgery, he rages on at Nora for what she has done. ... All of these are shown with Nora's possession of a secret life. ...
Torvald has recently received a promotion at the bank, which will allow the Helmer family to be able to afford some of the finer things in life. ... Nora and Mrs. ... Nora panics. ... At this point in time, women were not able to vote or to hold public office. ... You are able to tell the Mrs. ...
Torvald has recently received a promotion at the bank, which will allow the Helmer family to be able to afford some of the finer things in life. ... Nora and Mrs. ... Nora panics. ... At this point in time, women were not able to vote or to hold public office. ... You are able to tell the Mrs. ...
Who wears the pants in your family? In society today it's accepted if either parent wears the so-called pants. However in the late nineteenth century this was not the case. The woman was expected to stay at home and care for the children while the husbands went out and worked and handled the busi...
Nora's character can be controversial. Nora is seen throughout the play as a "doll" or child. ... Nora seemed to be helpless in some ways. ... Isben shows her to be independent and able to live on her own. ... I thought she wasn't able to do anything while I was reading the play, but I didn't think about all the strong and brave things she did until after the play. ...
In "The Dolls' House" Nora is all to willing to give up her security and family so she is able to discovery herself. ... When Krogstad threaten to tell her husband Nora was scared that the one thing she was able to accomplish in her life as going to be taken away. ... Nora is a 'wife and child" to Trovald, and nothing more. ... In the final act Nora's childlike manner is changed. ... Nora, I'm saved". ...
By keeping the women out of the government as well as the work place, men were able to make women inferior to them. ... Her father viewed Nora as a possession to amuse him. ... Again, Nora must keep her father happy. ... Rank say to Nora "I thought [macaroons] were forbidden here" (1085). ... Everyone in the play refers to her as little Nora. ...
In fact, Nora is a forger. ... However, in Act II, Nora begins to change. ... Nora quietly, calmly replies "Yes. ... Torvald can never see Nora as an individual. ... Using irony, symbols, and metaphors Ibsen's able to show his audience exactly what happened in the Victorian era. ...
Nora had no real name for herself. ... When Nora is talking with Mrs. ... This is what Nora wants, to be able to do something worth while. ... Linde says to her, "Nora, Nora, aren't you sensible yet? ... In her eyes, Nora was able to accomplish something with out her husband or his consent, and this is what women of the time were striving for: to have the right to do something without their husband's say. ...
However, Nora was definitely not allowed to be able to carry a job or work so she secretly saved up the money by copying papers when Torvald wasn't around and by spending only about half of the money he ever gave her. Still, because of Torvald's ways, Nora knew she wouldn't be able to tell Torvald the truth so she said that the money came from her father. ... When an old school friend of Nora's named Kristine Linde asks Nora if she will ever tell him the truth Nora replied "Some day perhaps many years in time, when I"m no longer as pretty as I am now. ... When Nora sees ...
Being based around the retrospective secret and Nora's mistake, gives a perfect tool to create suspense, as if the secret is revealed the whole play will change 'for the worse', (Nora's life will fall apart). ... Both Nora's father and Torvald, treated Nora as a possession, a doll, an occurrence that has run throughout her life. ... Nora, in attempt to gain money from Dr Rank begins to flirt with him. Only to be told that he is in love with her, this revelation makes her feel uncomfortable and no longer able to take money away from him. ... When he doesn't Nora...
He also happens to have feelings for Nora. And he is able to see people for what they truely are, in this case he is able to see the Helmer family, and their true colors. 5)Nils Krogstad: he thinks he is above the law, therefore he can do pretty much whatever he wants. ... Rank exits the room and Kristine come in, and she asks Nora if Dr. ... Soon Torvald and Nora arrive at the house, and Nora is upset because Torvald didn't want to saty at the party any longer. ... *Conflicts: 1)The realtionship between Nora and Torvald starts to deteriorate 2)Nora is bla...
Torvald controls Nora to an extreme extent. ... Another example of this is that he pays Nora an allowance, just as a father would. ... Torvald views Nora more as an object rather than a person. ... Once he reads Krogstad's letter, he says that Nora is no longer able to take care of their children. ... Torvald's attitude toward himself and Nora are important to the meaning of the play. ...
Nora plays a large role I the corruption of her own marriage. ... Nora has no sense of loyalty to her marriage. ... Linde ask Nora if she ever told Torvald about the money, Nora replied, "Good heavens, how could you ever imagine such a thing"(783)! ... Linde asked Nora if her husband keeps the key to the mailbox, Nora replies, "always"(806). ... For Nora to even be able to borrow money for the Torvald's trip she had to have her husband or father's signature. ...
But Nora has a secret that nobody knows about. ... So, the only two people who knew about this secret loan and about how Nora forged her father's signature was Krogstad (loan broker) and Nora herself. Nora told her husband that her father had left her this money after his death. ... When Nora refuses to comply, he threatens to let her husband know about the loan. ... The tragedy of the story is that Nora risks going to prison in order to save her husband's life, who is saved because of the money she was able to obtain illegally. ...
Nora is the beloved wife of Torvald Helmer. ... He treats Nora as a child. ... Too bad that Nora was able to realize only after eight years that she lives with a hypocrite. ... When a woman loves, as Nora does, nothing else matters. ... In the end Nora only wants to be independent. ...
The main characters name is Nora Helmer. ... It is hard that Nora would be able to do anything on her own, but I believe there is a change in her. ... It is hard decision for Nora to make. ... Nora wants to begin a new life. ... Nora Helmer finally realizes who she really was in the end of the play, but this was always in Nora. ...
Nora's thoughts about Mrs. ... Nora tells Mrs. Linde about her family's journey to Italy due to her husband serious illness, which was quite expensive, and the only way they were able to afford it was by using the money that Nora's father left to her before he died. ... Nora offers a macaroon to Dr. ... Nora admits this to be the case. ...
It appears Torvald controls Nora. ... It is as if Nora is playing a game. ... The macaroons come to symbolise the power, which Nora is able to extract from her femininity and use against her husband. ... Yet Torvald also does not trust Nora with money, which illustrates Torvald's treating Nora as a child. Torvald and Nora's opinions on money differ. ...
