This man, Nils Krogstad, is the person from whom Nora has borrowed her money. It is then revealed that she forged her father's signature in order to get the money. Krogstad threatens to reveal Nora's crime and thus disgrace her and her husband unless Nora can convince her husband not to fire him.
Nora discreetly explains that several years ago, when Torvald Helmer was very ill, she forged her dead fathers signature in order to illegally obtain a loan. Since then, she has been paying back the loan in secret.
Mrs. Linde realizes that it was Krogstad who lent Nora the money. Nora confesses that she forged a signature and makes Mrs. Linde promise to say that the responsibility for the forgery is Nora's, so that Torvald won't be held accountable for anything if Nora disappears.
Nora illegally forged her father's signature to obtain a loan. At the time Nora asked for the loan, both Torvald and her father were ill and she believed she could save Torvald by secretly securing the money they needed without adding stress to either man.
In addition, Krogstad would lose his job. Krogstad says that Nora has other things to worry about: he has figured out that Nora forged her father's signature on the promissory note. Krogstad informs Nora that her forgery is a serious offense, similar to the one that sullied his reputation in the first place.
This man, Nils Krogstad, is the person from whom Nora has borrowed her money. It is then revealed that she forged her father's signature in order to get the money.
Nora expects compassion from Torvald after he finds out about her predicament, especially since, after learning of Dr. Rank's imminent death, Torvald confesses that he fantasizes about risking his life to save Nora's.
When Torvald accuses Nora of not loving him anymore, Nora says his claim is true. She then explains that she realized that she didn't love Torvald that evening, when her expectation that he would take the blame for her—showing his willingness to sacrifice himself for love—wasn't met.
Helmer, Rank and Mrs Linde leave Nora who isjoined by the kids. Downloaded fromEXCERPT 8a) What is it that Nora claims to have signed? Norah signed a bond which Krogstad had drawn as security on the money that she hadborrowed from him to help take her husband to Italy.
Everything is going well for her until Krogstad enters the story. Then the audience learns that Krogstad, a co-worker of her husband Torvald, has the power to blackmail Nora. She forged the signature of her dead father when she obtained a loan from him, unbeknownst to her husband.
Nora procured money and told Torvald that her father gave it to them, though she really raised it herself. Nora's father died before Torvald had a chance to find out that the money didn't come from him. Nora has kept the source of the money a secret because she doesn't want his “man's pride” to be hurt.
Nora—and most of the other characters—inherit “moral disease” from their fathers, who are associated throughout the play with “abandon- ment, illness, absence, and corruption” (Rosefeldt n.p.). Dr. Rank's fortune, however, is the one exception because it will sustain Nora's independence after his death.
Nora's current social position and status prevents her from revealing and divulging why she borrowed money from a stranger and forged a contact. The reason for this action taken by Nora which is later on revealed is to save the precious life of her husband whom with out the proper care would have died.
In every society power is the bringer of fortune and influence. In his play A Doll's House, Henrik Ibsen portrays, through the character of Nora, the power women are gaining in patriarchal societies. Nora, who symbolizes all women, exercises her power throughout the entire play.
Nora says, “I don't want to see the children. I know they are in better hands than mine.” (Ibsen 1388) If a mother does not provide for her children, she has completely denied the role of motherhood. She and her children have grown up as play things, and it will continue for them if she is not there.
Why does Nora leave her children? Nora's relationship with her children is representative of the 'Doll's House' nature of their lives. Her fears previously in the play have been that she will 'corrupt' her children with her criminal actions, leading them to become like Doctor Rank, as Helmer explains to her.
Nora is forbidden from eating macaroons by Torvald. Although Nora claims to have never disobeyed Torvald in the very beginning of the play when she eats Macamuffins alone in her living room, this is proved false when she eats them. Macaroons are symbolic of Nora's behavior and deception.
The first instance of female sacrifice is seen in Act 1 through the interaction between Torvald and Nora, where Nora sacrifices her opinions and desires to satisfy her husband. Nora puts on a submissive façade, whose characteristics are similar to a child.
Nora, the central female character, acts as the harbinger of feminism here. She is seen in the play as a rebellious female for establishing her own recognition as a human being.
In that moment, she realizes that her marriage has been nothing but a sham and walks out the door, never to return. After such a triumphant exit, what could possibly bring Nora back to the home she once shared with Torvald and their three young children?
What secret has Nora been keeping from Torvald? She was in love with his brother before she married him. She borrowed the money they used to take a trip to Italy. She had an affair with Krogstad five years earlier.
Although this at first seems like a betrayal of Nora, it turns out to ultimately be a decision to Nora's benefit as it is after Torvald finds out about the debt that Nora is able to see the true nature of her marriage. This twist confirms Mrs. Linde's belief that honesty is always better than deceit, even if Mrs.
What might this incident foreshadow about the play? The fact that Nora pays the porter twice what she owes him indicates her spendthrift and wasteful nature or habit.
Torvald says he is willing to toil for her day and night, bear any suffering, "but no man would sacrifice his honor for the one he loves." "It is a thing hundreds of thousands of women have always done," Nora quietly points out.
Nora talks joyfully about her love for Torvald, and Torvald refers to Nora using affectionate pet names. Their loving marriage stands in stark contrast with the lives of the other characters: the marriages of Krogstad and Mrs. Linde were based on necessity rather than love, and were unhappy.