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.
