a doll house

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The play "A Doll House" is a story about a woman's debt conflicting with her marriage. Nora, the wife, borrows money from a friend to take care of her sick husband, Torvald Helmer. She plans on paying Nils Krogstad, the loaner, back, but he uses this debt as blackmail, when her husband fires him from his job. Helmer acts as a father to Nora then a husband. Nora is portrayed as a doll for most of the story. At the end of the story, she finally analyzes her relationship and realizes she needs to leave her husband.

Nora's life was practically just fun and games. Helmer used her as a toy. She had to obey whatever Helmer said. He was definitely the boss of the family. He worked and made all the money for the family. He regulated how much money would be given to the wife and he paid all the bills. Housekeepers and nannies were hired, so Nora really had no worries. All she did was play with the children and with Helmer. Helmer is real bossy. He always expresses his opinions about problems in the household, whereas, Nora has to keep her opinion to herself, not wanting to upset Helmer. "Yes, very - that is, if you actually hung onto the money I give you, and you actually used it to buy yourself something. But it goes for the house and f

ny. Not knowing any of this, Helmer soon fired Krogstad and replaced him with one of Nora's friends. Krogstad was furious. He figured he would not be able to find another job and would be unable to take care of his children. He began to use the loan situation to blackmail Nora. "I'll tell you what. I want to recoup, Mrs. Helmer; I want to get on in the world - and there's where your husband can help me. For a year and a half I've kept myself clean of anything disreputable - all that time struggling with the worst conditions; but I was satisfied, working my way up step by step. Now I've been written right off, and I'm just not in the mood to come crawling back. I tell you, I want to move on. I want to get back in the bank - in a better position. Your husband can set up a job for me." (p. 1172) Krogstad sent a letter to Helmer explaining the situation.

Even though she acts childish, she hides a very meaningful secret. As her father was dying and her husband was sick, she borrowed a great amount of money from Nils Krogstad. Krogstad was an employee at the bank that Helmer managed at. Nora kept this away from Helmer because he believed that you should not borrow money. "Nora, Nora, how like a woman! No, but seriously, Nora, you know what I think about that. No debts! Never borrow! Something of freedom's lost - and something of beauty, too - from a home that's founded on borrowing and debt. We've made a brave stand up to now, the two of us; and we will go right on like that the little while we have to." (p.1143) Nora planned on paying Krogstad back little by little. She began to make payments as she had agreed on. But, there was a problem with the loan. Krogstad wanted her father's signature o

Some common words found in the essay are:
Nora I'll, Nora Krogstad, Nora Nora, Papa You're, Nils Krogstad, Helmer Yes, Doll House, Krogstad Krogstad, Helmer Helmer, Torvald Helmer, nils krogstad,

Approximate Word count = 1147
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English