... she is. During this play there are many instances where Nora is trying to assert herself. There are also many instances of the other characters, especially Kristine and Helmer, trying to stifle her, to quiet her. These instances reflect Ibsens theme that in this play, a woman is faced with many choices. She ... at the end of the play when she seems to understand that this little loan has turned into something much bigger than she or Helmer. She says the Kristine, Im much myself; my mind right now is perfectly clear; and Im telling you: nobody else has known about this; I alone did everyt...

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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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... be through Torvald's control of Nora's dress. Just as Nora represents a doll or child, the outside world represents reality, and someone from reality, Kristine, fixes the dress and Nora's marriage. Kristine is from outside the Helmer home. Ibsen has Kristine show Nora reality and freedom from this poisonous marriage. In Act 3 after Krogstad's letter which explains Nora's borrowing and forgery, has arrived in ... the letter box Nora panics to Kristine who says: " 'There, I can't see anything more to mend now...'" Although Ibsen has Kristine directly referring to the fancy dress, Ibs...

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... hinting that Nora will leave before the play is over. She says, "do you think that [the children] would forget their mother if she was gone for good?- Kristine Linde was a childhood friend of Nora's. She has a major effect on events that happen in the play. She is the first character to see that Nora is ... her savior. Nora is just acting to fit into the role that the society and Torvald has made for her. Kristine has gone through many tough times, so she has much more real experience than Nora. Kristine's past was very rough, but the things she has lived through make her the strong pers...

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... drama, and made a very important change in society. The scene was Norway in the late 1800s. Queen Victoria was still reigning in nearby Britain. The actions of Torvald, Nora, and Kristine showed the reader that this is a very different time than the present. In A Doll's House, Henrik Ibsen presents the concept of seeking self-actualization in a society that was rigidly conformist ... , as shown through the characters of Nora and Kristine, in order to prove that society prevented women from becoming the self-fulfilled people that they could be. Hjalmar Boyesen, in A Commentary on the Work...

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... female visitor. Nora doesn't recognize her when she greets her. After a few minutes, Nora realizes the lady is her childhood friend Kristine Linde, who she hasn't seeing for at least nine years. Nora mentions Kristine's appearance changes, and remembers the news of Kristine's husbands death. Ms. Linde admits her husband didn't leave her money or children after his death. Nora's thoughts about Mrs ... seems displeased to see him. Mrs. Linde also avoids visual contact with this character, and tries to hide from him. After Mr. Krogstad enters the study room, Nora explains to Kristine that ...

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... of it, for she did it out of love for her husband, to save his life" (Ibsen "Notes" 1613). A woman borrowing money during this time period is unheard of. As Kristine tells Nora, "A wife can't borrow without her husband's consent" (Ibsen 1571). However, secretly Nora does have business sense so she can manage the money and that is how she borrows ... and she has with her a bag of macaroons. She secretly keeps them hidden in the piano. Whenever Torvald isn't around she sneaks one. There is also a moment with Kristine and Dr. Rank in the room. She offers some macaroons to Kristine and Dr. ...

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... . The somewhat melodramatic relationship between Mrs Linde and Krogstad counterpoints Nora's individualistic need for autonomy and her demand of incarceration. For an understanding of the thematic structure of the drama, Kristine Linde's declaration that she needs somebody to live for is an essential part of the whole. Her voice is admittedly muted in the drama; and it is easily drowned by ... Nora's shriller demand for freedom. But Kristine is the one who understands that the Helmers can no longer maintain the masquerade. She is also a person who addresses herself to life's realities an...

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... Ibsen's play, A Doll's House, focuses on the unjust treatment of women and the hardships they faced as they struggled in a society dominated by men. In the play, Nora Helmer and Kristine Linde are two women who have experienced their own share of trials and tribulations as they attempt to survive in a man's world. At first, Nora appears completely content with her ... expected of her. Nora finally comes to the realization that all her life she has conformed to a certain lifestyle simply to satisfy her husband's and society's expectations of her. Moreover, Kristine Linde is Nora's childh...

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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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... not as simple as what we think she is. She knows how to use her feminine charm to exchange the result she really wants. When she wants Helmer to give Kristine a job in his bank, she uses an indirect power to influence Helmer by flattering and pleasing him, making him feel he is powerful. When she wants to avoid some troubles ... find her change is little by little, we also find she has some traits as a man, a part of her also enjoying working, when she describes how she makes money to Kristine-- " But still it was wonderful fun, sitting and working like that , earning money. It was almo...

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... "re proud that you worked so long and hard for your mother. And you"re also proud thinking of what you've done for your brothers. But listen to this, Kristine- I've also got something to be proud and happy for" (Ibsen 1575). This is what Nora wants, to be able to do something worth while. She thinks that what she ... a doll and a pet to Torvald. She wanted more out of her life. She wanted something to be proud of, just as she said to Mrs. Linde, "But listen to this, Kristine- I've also got something to be proud and happy for" (Ibsen 1575). Ridiculous as her accomplishment was, to Nora, i...

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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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... how to get in touch with her true feelings. Only when she and Torvald had the final confrontation, did she learn what she truly wanted in life. In a way, if Kristine had protected her from the letter, Nora's final outcome would have caused her "blinded- lifestyle to continue, and Nora would have never found herself. Therefore ... , Kristine was right in telling Nora that Torvald must find out for the good of the marriage. Although Nora and Torvald's marriage was ruined anyway, it was best the truth be ... ...

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... come to shame. In Henrik Ibsen' play, "A Doll's House," the role of women is revealed as being strong and sacrificial individuals, and Ibsen demonstrates this through the two main characters: Kristine Linde and Nora Helmer. Mrs. Linde's character is an old friend to Nora, who arrives hoping to find employment. Almost immediately, readers are shown that she is a strong woman not ... ...

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... leave. Torvald likes to use money to control his relationship with Nora, and any income Nora earns on her own must be kept secret from him. Early in the play, Kristine Linde comes to visit Nora, and expresses envy of the lifestyle of Nora, stating in the first act that: "you [Nora] haven't known much trouble or hardship in your own ... ...

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... on, and the children, which she presumably loved. But Nora deep down was a very strong and determined women. When Nora wants something, she goes out and gets it herself. When Kristine came back and asked Nora for a job. Nora did not hesitate to ask her husband, and even hints that her husband is "whipped" by her. Nora is not afraid to ... ...

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... than half; always bought the simplest, cheapest outfits. It was a godsend that everything looks so well on me that Torvald never noticed. But it did weigh me down at times, Kristine. It is such a joy to wear fine things. You understand." Torvald just seems to be the organized, dominant male of the house. He loves to treat Nora as though she ... ...

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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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... of being a woman in the Victorian era, she identified the problem, Torvald. He had held her back from her potential and she threw her weight against him. She talked with Kristine about this who said " my mother was still alive, but bed ridden and helpless - and I had my two younger brothers to look after." to explain why she was forced to ... ...

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... not only to the outside world, but also to one another. The restrictions involved in living within a created role stifle their marriage and their individuality and create a gender conflict. When Kristine Linde asks Nora if she will ever tell Torvald about the loan from Krogstad, Nora replies, "Good heavens, how could you ever imagine such a thing! . . . It would spoil everything between ... ...

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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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