... survive in the world by herself. In "A Doll House", Henrik Ibsen uses conflict to show Nora's subservient relationship with Torvald, Nora's Hostile relationship with Krogstad, and Nora's misunderstood relationship with Kristine. The first relationship showing conflict is Nora's subservient relationship with Torvald. When Torvald talks to Nora he talks to her as if Nora was his child. He calls Nora his ... many unfriendly visits. Krogstad was the only person who knew about Nora's secret, because he was the person that she borrowed the money from. When Krogstad heard that Nora's friend Kr...

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... someone for whom to care and work, her life seems without purpose. Nora seems unfazed by these words of Kristine's and marvels at how Kristine is a woman of independence. As Nora offers her assistance in helping Kristine gain a job at the bank in which Torvald is manager, Kristina replies with "How very kind of you ... . But still it was wonderful fun, sitting and working like that, earning money. It was almost like being a man.?In Nora's eyes, Kristine has "lived life?as she has been given the opportunity to form her own opinions and experience the world for herself. From ... Kristine,...

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... wife Nora like a child, so he can fell incharged of every situation they encounter. Also he pretends to have more than they actually do, he is very superficial. 3)Kristine Linde: a survivor, despite the fact that she is a widowed in the late 1800's she takes a hold of her own life and becomes very independent. She want a ... devious character. Yet he has had his share of suffering and dispare, but will make it right at the end of the play. *Plot synopsis: Act I: Kristine an old friend of Nora visits her after a long time without seen her. The purpose of her visit is to ask Nora if she c...

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... is dishonest to her husband but also to herself. Throughout the play she makes herself believe that she is happy and that life is good. "Oh Kristine, I feel so light and happy" "Oh dear God, Kristine, what a lovely thing to live and be happy. Nora feels she is unable to live with out Trovald. " Yes, Torvald, I can't get anywhere without your help ... ...

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... to set in and she begins to feel helpless because she has no power to do anything about the situation. According to Carol Strongin Tufts, Nora "makes use of Kristine as a confidante", since Kristine has experienced suffrage and Nora has not (Tufts 300). Torvald's severe and selfish reaction after learning of Nora's deception and forgery serves as the catalyst for Nora's awakening ... ...

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... when Rank told Nora had some feelings for her and also the fact he was the only other person Nora trusted or confided in at the time besides her friend Kristine. Since Nora left her home so confident and headstrong I did not want that momentum to die in the next act (IV). Even though DR.RANK was not in the best ... ...

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... to lie to him because he would not have of accepted anything from her because it would have been insulting to him. 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. You musn ... ...

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... , macaroons! I thought they were contraband here- (982). Nora again lies so that Dr. Rank will not report the incident to her husband. She states, "Yes, but these are some that Kristine gave me- (982). However, Nora's deception is shown through more than just one symbol. The dance she performed the night of the costume party is also symbolic of her rebelliousness ... ...

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... of eight years. Torvald is too consumed in himself to see anything else. He thinks that no one will lower their pride for someone they love. Amazingly, a few pages before, Kristine proved him wrong. She still loved Krogstad and wanted to be with him and work with him despite the fact that everyone frowns upon him because he has committed forgery ... ...

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