... 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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• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... 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...

• Word Count: 1390
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... 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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• Grade Level: High School

... 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...

• Word Count: 1908
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... 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...

• Word Count: 1759
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• Grade Level: High School

... "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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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... 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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... 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 ... ...

• Word Count: 1919
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... , 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 ... ...

• Word Count: 1908
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School