... 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
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• Grade Level: High School

... . 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...

• Word Count: 3465
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... 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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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... 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

... 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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• Grade Level: High School

... 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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• Grade Level: High School

... in case they ruin my teeth, you know. Still, what's the matter once in a while! Don't you think so, Dr. Rank? Here! (popping one into her mouth) And you too, Kristine. And I shall have one as well; just a little one or two at the most (928)." This is perhaps the defining moment as to when Nora feels as if she should ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... 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 ... ...

• Word Count: 1027
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School