A Doll's House Research Paper

Stuck In The Eyes of Society

The short story A Doll’s House, written by Henrik Ibsen was a story full of different emotions and roles. There was Torvald a husband and father who tried his best to take care of his wife Nora and two children. Torvald was a serious and driven man who was had just landed a new job where he was going to have to prove himself. Nora was a housewife who took care of the children, along with the maid. Torvald and Nora posed as if they had a good married with some ups and down but towards the end of the story Nora true feelings come out. Because of the way society is Torvald and Nora couldn’t always express of talk about their problems. Torvald is trapped in the eyes of society even more than Nora because society
Nora took the loan from Krogstaad because Torvald was very unhealthy and his life basically depended on leaving and taking a vacation for as long as it took to get health again. They did not have the money to spare for a vacation as such. Nora knew where she could get a loan and Torvald would not approve of it. Nora went behind her husband’s back to borrow money for the vacation but told Torvald that she got it from her father who had died shortly after Nora borrowed money from Krogstaad. The biggest mistake that Nora made while finishing the agreement they had for the loan was to forge her father’s name as a co-signer. The reason she had to forge her fathers name is because she did not want to add more stress and guilt to her father while he was about to die because she needs money. She signed and dated it for him and the date that she signed was a couple days after he had
Nora was only thinking about her husband and how she was going to do whatever she could to get him healthy again. She never meant to hurt or betray Torvald but he could not understand that because all he was thinking of was how could Nora do that to him and if she was she trying to ruin his life. Torvald knew that if anyone else in the town found out about this than his reputation would be ruined just like Krogstaad, having a wife that goes behind his back and forges a loan. For all he know people might think that he was in on it too. In the book Torvald made it clear to Nora how he felt right after reading Krogstaad’s letter, “We’ve got to make sure that this business is hushed up, no matter the cost. As for you and me, we’ve got to make it look like everything between us is just as it was before. Naturally, that’s only for the eyes of the world. You will still remain here in my house. That is taken for granted. But you will not be allowed to raise the children. I could not trust you with them. To think that I have to say that to someone I have loved so deeply-someone I still-no, that is all over. From this moment on, it’s not a question of happiness. All there is now is saving what’s left of our shattered lives, keeping up