omg! alternate ending!

TEN YEARS LATER...

Nora comes back to look for Torvald and her children. When she arrives to her the house, she knocks on the door to meet one of her children, who is no longer so small. As soon as she saw her child, a lady came to greet her at the door, too. It was a woman Nora had never seen in her life. Nora asked the woman who she is and the woman answered with the name of Lola. Lola called her "children," and Nora corrected her by explaining that they were actually her children. Lola called Torvald over to see Nora at the door.

Once Torvald was in Nora's view, she immediately hugged him. Nora told Torvald to explain to "this Lola woman" that she is actually his wife. Torvald told her to leave the house that instant and to never come back again. Nora cried that she misses him& wants to come back into their lives to be his wife and her childrens' mother. She said that she wouldn't ever hurt them in any way and she would only help and be the best. Lola had left to give them a minute, in her mind hoping that Torvald would not change his mind and leave her for Nora. The children had not even remembered who Nora was, and the maid& housekeeper were not there at the time. The children kept their questions to themselves. Torvald had never reminded them of their real mother, Nora.

Nora cried and cried. She thought that they had missed her as much as she had missed them all. She was wrong though, because Torvald had moved on and found someone to replace her. Lola was Torvald's everything. So, after losing over 20million tears& more, Nora accepted Lola& Torvald's love and left. She left with sadness, all alone.

THE END :)

if it were TRUE LOVE ... (in my opinion)

• Nora would've told Torvald her secret
  
• Torvald would understand her secret
• Nora would not have been so flirtatious towards Dr. Rank
• Torvald would not have said such harsh words to Nora when he found out
• Nora would not have left her husband and little children

If you can think of any more, leave me a comment :)

Act II Post !

We're onto Act II now! Well, Nora has been quite a character. She talks to Torvald one way, turns to Krogstad and acts another way and even gets flirtatious with Dr. Rank. Nora is definitely something else. Why can't she simply be one person?

This act had much to do with Nora's dilemma. Let me remind that her dilemma is that Krogstad will send Torvald a letter saying that she borrowed money from him by using her father's signature. Forging a signature is what had gotten Krogstad into some trouble a while back. If Nora couldn't get Torvald to let Krogstad keep his position at the bank, then that letter would be mailed to Torvald. Although Nora knew she had to convince her husband to keep Krogstad at the bank, she wanted to help Mrs. Linde get a job there, too. Nora was caught between convincing Torvald to hire Mrs. Linde or to convince him to keep Krogstad. Obviously she tried to persuade Torvald to keep Krogstad. She didn't want him to find out about the money, even if it was for a good cause.

Nora showing Dr. Rank her silk stockings&flirting with him lead him to confessing his love for her. I don't think she meant it to go that far, but why else would she have acted in that manner towards Dr. Rank? What do you think?

Act I Post .

First off, I want to remind Ms.Santos why this post is late. My reason is that I went away, to North Carolina (as I said in my last blog post). Moving along... A Doll's House is definitely getting interesting! And this is just by the first act! Henrik Ibsen did a good job at detailing his characters. Nora, the protagonist in this play, seems almost, like two-faced. Around her husband, that she loves so terribly much, she acts like a child. As she interacts with other characters from the play, she acts conceited&spoiled. I think the reason for her acting like a child is because of the way that Torvald treats her. Torvald is Nora's husband. He gives her little nicknames as if she is a baby. Torvald doesn't ever like to borrow money from people because he doesn't want to be in debt, ever. He almost fears borrowing money because it may add up to an amount that he may never get to grasp& finally be able to pay back.
Nora has a secret, as we have learned. Her secret is that she borrowed money from Krogstad, knowing that her husband is the way he is about borrowing money. She feels that she borrowed it for a good cause, being that her husband was ill and she needed to save his life. Nora, not wanting to Torvald to know of her secret, told Krogstad to never tell Torvald. Now, Krogstad is using her secret against her, or blackmailing her, because he might lose his job because of her husband. Nora fears that Torvald will fire Krogstad from his position and the outcome of that, which is Krogstad informing Torvald of the money Nora owes him.
If I were in Nora's shoes, I don't know what I'd do. In my opinion, she should have told Torvald of her debt as soon as he healed from his time of sickness. If she loved him so much, there wouldn't have been a secret. What would you do if you were Nora? Would you tell Torvald? I definitely would've, even if he was against borrowing money.

Henrik Ibsen and his Dollhouse - first hw post

Hello there! It's Jenn Alava(: I'm 15 years old and most definitely enjoy Miss. Santos' english class 5th period ;P my favorite color is green, i have 3 siblings, a boyfriend named Joel, 2 dogs and 1 babygirl for a niece :D I'm leaving this Friday to North Carolina and will be back in school by May 26th, but you can expect to see many more posts soon. Well, the thing I have enjoyed most about Miss. Santos' class was the story A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry. The movie definitely followed up with the written version well and I hope that A Doll's House will be something enjoyable about her class, too.
Before we begin actually reading the play, let me inform you a little about it through this paragraph. First off, A Doll's House was written by Henrik Ibsen, who was born in Norway. He was born on March 20, 1828 and died on May 23, 1906. Not only did he write A Doll's House, but he also wrote Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder, The Wild Duck, and Ghosts. A Doll's House is about a woman who loves her sick husband. Her name is Nora and her husband's is Torvald. It seems that A Doll's House was written based on an event that happened in Ibsens' life. Nora borrowed money from a man to pay for a trip to Italy, to save her husband's life. Torvald did not know about the loan, he actually thought it was from his wife's father. Nora had to pay back the enormous loan and deal with the ways of a complex world. This play demonstrates the roles of women, such as in marriage and motherhood. I can't wait to start reading this play!

My Sources :
- http://www.gradesaver.com/author/henrik-ibsen/
- http://www.biography.com/articles/Henrik-Ibsen-37014