The ending has a huge impact on the audience. I think that some would regard the ending as a surprise. By the end all the control and power of the relationship is clearly in Nora's hands, and both the audience and Torvald know this.

By the time Torvald has read the letter and been relieved by the returning of the I.O.U, the audience start to see how weak he actually is and how he starts clutching on to straws. Having initially been disgusted by Nora and appalled at what she had done, he then returns to normal having found out that everything will be fine. He once again treats her like his doll, his plaything: 'from now on it'll be different. Playtime is over. Now the time has come for education'. He just brushes off everything she had just said about how she had felt like she had just been passed from one man to another, like a doll from her father to her husband. He chooses to ignore the cracks in his marriage in the hope that they will disappear. All this is clear to the audience because for once Nora doesn't just play along with the game; instead she is constantly questioning him. From

By the end Nora has taken complete control. She even quotes the law, something her husband should be very aware of. She says that he is free of any obligations towards her. She gives him her engagement ring, and then demands that he do the same. He does. This is a pivotal moment, and the audience will realise this. It is very dramatic. Returning engagement rings makes the whole process very final, the audience will realise that there is no turning back. This is the moment that finalises Nora leaving Torvald. Torvald seems to accept this by saying: 'This is the end then!' he then tries to offer her

Depending on how the director adapts the play, I think that the audience will feel that there is a sense of hope for Nora in the sense that she is moving on, becoming herself and challenging society. I don't believe that they will feel that way for Torvald. The very last part of the play is proof of how the characters have developed, or not developed s the case may be. In the beginning Nora is always seeking money. She wants it to pay of the loan that she owes to Krogstad, but Torvald doesn't know this. She always eems to manage getting the money that she wants, she teases Torvald and goes along with his game and as a result she gets the money. We understand that this has been going on for sometime and through the course of the play Nora constantly gets what she wants. She has to ask for money, she doesn't just get it offered to her. At the end of the play Torvald offers her money, without her asking him, and she declines. The audience will see this as a declaration of her independence, she has got rid of all the connections tieing her to him. Tovald's last words could be taken as the beginning of him changing. After she has gone he questions what she has said about the fact that it would take the miracle of miracles for them to live together as a married couple. I think that he knows and accepts this, and in that sense there could well be hope for him. I don't feel that there is hope for their marriage, but there is hope for both of them to go their separate ways and make the most of their lives. There is certainly a hint that Torvald will change, and maybe the audience will feel that his next marriage won't be a complete failure.

There is a change in tone from Torvald, which the audience may perceive as a change in Torvald himself. He controls his emotions and asks Nora to explain more clearly why she has fallen out of love with him. He is listening to his wife as suppose to the other way round. He then manages to show his true self again by saying that although she

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