Nora rejects his offer
, saying that Torvald is not equipped to teach her, nor she the children. Instead, she says, she must teach herself, and therefore she insists upon leaving Torvald.
Does Nora make the right decision at the end of the play?
Her father treated her like an inhuman object, and now her husband has done the same thing. After many years of maintaining her “perfect” life, Nora could no longer live like this. She finally stands up for herself and
makes a choice to leave her family
. This decision is completely reasonable.
What does Nora do at the end of the play?
At the end of the play, Nora Helmer
makes a radical decision to leave her husband, Torvald, and her children in order to live independently of society's expectations for women and discover who she really is
. She tells her husband, Our house has been nothing but a play-room.
What does Nora say she must do in Act III?
Nora confesses that
everything Krogstad has written is true and tells Torvald she has loved him more than anything
. Torvald tells her to stop talking, bemoans the ugliness of the forgery, and calls Nora a hypocrite and a liar.
How does Nora feel at the end of Act I?
Nora is “pale with terror” at the end of act 1 because she is terrified at the prospect of Krogstad telling Helmer about the financial transaction that Nora and Krogstad agreed upon. … This leads Nora to
feel equally insecure about her own abilities
.
Did Nora really love Torvald?
The answer, purely and simply, is
because she loved him
. There was no forced marriage or unfair setup – from what Ibsen tells us, it's clear that Nora actually loved and cared for Torvald deeply.
Does Nora cheat on Torvald?
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
.
Why did Nora leave her husband in the end?
When Nora leaves her home at the end of the book, she leaves her children because she knows that they will be better off with their father. … Nora does leave her husband at the end of Act III
after she is forced to face his true nature and realizes how selfish he is
.
What is the greatest miracle according to Nora?
According to Nora, the “greatest miracle of all” would be
Torvald taking responsibility for Nora's actions
. She never intended to let him do that, but she is shocked when she realizes that he would never do that for her in a million years.
Why does Nora realize she never loved Torvald?
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.
Is the ending of a doll house happy or unhappy?
The ending of a Doll's House is
unhappy
in that the main character, although invested so much sacrifice and effort, ended up losing everything she was trying to protect: Her marriage, her children, her life as she knew it, her home, and maybe even her place in society as the wife of an important bank president.
Why did Nora borrow money?
To save Torvald's pride, Nora borrowed money
without his knowledge and funded a year in Italy
. In order to pay off the debt, she's been skimming from the allowance Torvald gives her and secretly working odd jobs. Nora is especially happy about Torvald's new job, because now money won't be a concern.
Why does Nora seem relieved when she realizes Dr Rank is talking about himself?
When it
becomes apparent that he is referring to his health
, Nora is visibly relieved that Dr. Rank is speaking about his own problem and not hers. Dr. Rank tells her that he will soon die and that he doesn't want his best friend, Torvald, to see him in his sickbed.
What did Krogstad do illegally?
Like Nora, Krogstad is a person who has been wronged by society, and both Nora and Krogstad have committed the same crime:
forgery of signatures
.
What crime did Nora commit?
In the play A Doll's House, by Henrik Ibsen, Nora Helmer commits
the crime of forgery
. She signs her father's signature to a loan document, although her father has passed away. Nora has two reasons, or motivations, for committing this crime.
Why does Nora refuse Dr Rank's help?
Why does Nora refuse Dr. Rank's help?
He intimates that he loves her.
