Nora+Helmer

Nora Helmer is the main character in Henrik Ibsen's "[|A Doll House]" In the opening scene of the play, Nora is seen skipping into the house looking like a playful child. She is just returning from some Christmas shopping she was doing, and is seen eating a few macaroons that she clearly just bought. Her husband greets her and asks her if she has been eating macaroons. Nora denies the act, so clearly we already know that she is a liar. Her husband talks to her about wasting money is not right, and she should be more careful with their money. Nora had to forge her fathers signature in order to receive a loan to go to Italy so her sick husband would get well again. Nobody knows about this, however, later on when they have company over for dinner things change. Krogstad, a lower level bank worker at the bank where Nora's husband works, is let in on her little secret. Krogstad blackmails her, and says how she had better make sure her husband does not take the job he was offered at the bank. This says a lot about Nora's character for her to do what she does. In the end of the novel, Nora decides to leave her family. I do not think that this is the right decision, becuase now her children will have to grow up and always wonder why their dearly beloved mother left them.

**This is the set of Ibsen's play "A Doll House."**

**This is Krogstad, a character in "A Doll House" who blackmails Nora.** =﻿= []