Justice In A Doll's House And Trifles
Justice is defined as the quality of being just; righteousness, equitableness, or moral rightness by dictionary.com. Justice in terms can be perceived differently in by society. Being just or having justice can be seen as following the law, being honest, and behaving in a good manner; although some may see it as the punishment or the reward that a person deserves on account of their actions and decisions. The plays “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen and “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell were written in an era were society has a different aspect on the way women should be than we do now. In the plays “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen and “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell the female characters and the male characters see justice in a different point of view.
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Nora is presented to be a perfect wife in the beginning; she is a positive, obedient, happy, naive, and a good trophy wife for Torvald; as the play goes on the reader can see a side of Nora that shows how she perceives justice. When Mrs. Linden arrives Nora sheds light to a secret that can as Nora says to Mrs. Linden “would just ruin our relation (Torvald). Our beautiful, happy home” (1254, Ibsen). Nora had borrowed money from Nils Krogstad who is one of the clerks at the bank that Torvald is going to manage. Mr. Krogstad arrives at Nora’s home to tell Torvald about the loan. Nora confronts Mr. Krogstad and admits that she has forged her father’s name on the contract and did not tell her husband. Mr. Krogstad explains the situation to Nora; whom does not comprehend the extent of her crime. Nora argues to Mr. Krogstad “a daughter hasn’t right to protect her dying father … a wife hasn’t a rite to save her husband's life? I don't know much about the law, but I'm sure some were in the books these things are allowed.”(1263, Ibsen). Nora shows that her motive for the deed was done out of love which insures that there is justice in forging the document. It also shows how uneducated in that matters of law she is; witch in return ads to the way she sees
Nora is presented to be a perfect wife in the beginning; she is a positive, obedient, happy, naive, and a good trophy wife for Torvald; as the play goes on the reader can see a side of Nora that shows how she perceives justice. When Mrs. Linden arrives Nora sheds light to a secret that can as Nora says to Mrs. Linden “would just ruin our relation (Torvald). Our beautiful, happy home” (1254, Ibsen). Nora had borrowed money from Nils Krogstad who is one of the clerks at the bank that Torvald is going to manage. Mr. Krogstad arrives at Nora’s home to tell Torvald about the loan. Nora confronts Mr. Krogstad and admits that she has forged her father’s name on the contract and did not tell her husband. Mr. Krogstad explains the situation to Nora; whom does not comprehend the extent of her crime. Nora argues to Mr. Krogstad “a daughter hasn’t right to protect her dying father … a wife hasn’t a rite to save her husband's life? I don't know much about the law, but I'm sure some were in the books these things are allowed.”(1263, Ibsen). Nora shows that her motive for the deed was done out of love which insures that there is justice in forging the document. It also shows how uneducated in that matters of law she is; witch in return ads to the way she sees