Doll House
...r love and concern for Torvald and his need of a successful and healthy recovery from a previous illness. Nora’s life seems extremely sheltered since her only perception of the world is romanticized. It is Nora’s encounter with Mrs. Linde, in which Nora reveals her secret about the loan after Mrs. Linde calls her a child. It is during this conversation that Nora wishes to point out the fact that she in not useless when it comes to anything serious. Even through Nora’s verbal confession about the loan, she is content to continue to act as the perfect wife and mother within her own house. It is Nora’s confrontation with Krogstad in reference to the loan and Torvald's defiance of woman who lie “Practically all juvenile delinquents come from homes where the mother is dishonest” when Nora first realizes she may not be able to continue as before. In Act II, Nora is overwhelmed with the situation she has encountered. Nora can no longer conceal the information of the loan from Torvald as easily as she originally thought. The involvement of Krogstad has obscured her likelihood of containing her secret. Krogstad threatens Nora therefore; she goes to extremes to convince Torvald not to cease Krogstad’s employment in efforts to contain the information concerning the loan. Nora is again relying on her family, especially Torvald, and her material world to protect her from the world she has thus far know from being shattered. Torvald insinuates again to Nora that she is not more than his child through his reaction of Nora’s plea for Krogstad’s job, “If it ever got around that the new manager had been talked over by his wife…Do you want me to make myself a laughing stock at the office” . Nora uses the upcoming ball as a distraction from the fact that her concerns and feeling have no effect on Torvald and that in fact, her words do not mean anything to Torvald. Nora’s conversation with Dr. Rank follows her attempt to save Krogstads job and herself. During her speaking with Dr. Rank, she is enlightened with the realization that she too, is a person worthwhile. Dr. Rank holds her thoughts and concerns as an up most important concern of his, unlike Torvald. Nora is still unsure of her strength for the within situation and relies on Mrs. Linde to intercept and protect her from Torvald finding out the truth of her secret loan. Nora continues to utilize the ball as a distraction for Torvald by pretending she is incapable of performing her dance without further assistance from Torvald. This is the dance she has been taught by Torvald and insists she needs him to help her through the steps once again. Torvald is very happy in helping Nora succeed in her ability to display herself in public to her ultimate peek of perfection, but it is only for Torvald’s personal and societal public satisfaction. In Act III, Nora is faced with the multiple situations aforementioned in the play. Torvald admits his desires to only view Nora as a stranger as she dances triumphantly for an audience. Torvald is honest about his wishes to view Nora as a mere desire he possess than that of his beloved wife. Torvald further reveals his uncaring and self-centeredness when informed of Dr. Rank’s impending fatal illness. Torvald only wishes to part ways with Dr. Rank and free themselves of such a situation with the comment regarding that he wishes Nora to be threatened by some terrible danger so he could risk everything, “body and soul” for her, words which she previously heard from Dr. Rank, but with a different meaning. The same words, when spoken by Torvald are an egocentric way of reiterating to Nora how dependant she is on Torvald. It is when Torvald reads the letter from Krogstad, which explained Nora’s desperate situation, that Nora realizes her existence, as Torvald’s perfect little wife will be no longer. Torvald reacts viciously by attacking N...