Act II Post

I think I'll start with the relationship between Nora and Krogstad. At first he threatens to give the letter containing Nora's entire scheme to Torvald. Of course Nora doesn't want himto find out, so he tells her to convince Torvald to keep his position at the bank. Krogstad is just blackmailing Nora, but he does have a good reason. He has a life too, and he needs income and a place to work. Nora begs Torvald to let Krogstad to keep his job, but he gets insulted and makes a rash decision.

Nora and Dr. Rank's relationship is also very interesting. Nora's constantly flirting with him,and he's returning the favor. She sits on a couch with him in a dimly lit room, and shows him her flesh colored tights she's going to wear to the dance the next night. In those days this was considered adultry. Dr. Rank then tells Nora how he really feels about her and she doesn't take it will. When he tells her he loves her, she just pushed him away. I don't think she should've pushed him away like she did, she could've done it in a less painful way for him.

Act one post

I really dislike the way Torvald treats Nora. I mean, I don't think it's right how Torvald treats her like she's an idiot when she's really not. She could definitely support herself better than he could himself. It bothers me when he calls her a "Scatterbrain" and stuff. It's like, if your married, you wouldn't call the person you love a scatterbrain. He probably only married her because she's pretty and he could be looked at as a "family man" with a wife and 3 children. I think that if Torvald knew how really smart she was, he would be running to her for money. Nora seems to be the smartest character out of everyone, even though shes treated like the dumbest. Even her old "friend" Kristine Linde thinks shes dumb. Nobody realizes how smart Nora is. If I was Nora, I would've already left Torvald. I wouldn't want to be treated like a child who doesn't know anything. She shouldn't have to put up with the way he treats her, I think the only reason she's sticking around is so she can get the amount of money she needs to leave him.

Nora keeps going on about this dream where she'll marry someone rich and handsome, and Ms. Linde concludes it to be Dr. Rank even though Nora denies it. Obviously everyone can tell that they're secretly flirting, she pretends that she's not. I think she's probably going to end up leaving Torvald for Dr. Rank, or just leaving Torvald to be on her own. What do you think?

First Post

Well, it's Jill and this is my first blogger post.My favorite thing we did this year..was probably reading Caesar. I like all the Roman-Greek mythology stuff so I was excited to read it.Almost. I also liked reading Lord of the Flies, I thought the storyline was okay, and I liked how the only person that could've saved them, died. 

The play A Doll's House was written by Henrik Ibsen in 1879. Henrik Ibsen was born in a town called Skien in south Norway. His family was artsy and his mother was an artist and loved the theater. His family used to be wealthy, and then they had "financial failure" and his father's friend broke off all connections with the family and they moved elsewhere. The story A Doll's House is about a woman who walks out on a "perfect marrige" and has mood swings that switch from happiness to deppression.


my source --> http://kirjasto.sci.fi/ibsen.htm