Act III: Where It All Ends......

Theirs a lot of drama which was like a Finale to the whole mess that Nora was in that ended with a big bang bang! Wow in the beginning Mrs. Linde (Kristina), Nora "supposevely" best friend back stabbed her and went against her. Instead of getting Krogstad to change his mind about the letter and getting it back from Helmer's mailbox. She flirts around with him by telling him how she misses him and that their life would be complete with each other, and that he shouldn't take it back because she says, " This wretched secret must be brought into the open so that there's complete understanding between them. That'd be impossible while there's so much concealment." (Ibsen pg. 211) Meaning it would be a good thing he found out so their marriage of eight years wouldn’t be a lie anymore. [Man I never knew she had it in her.] I guess it was time for her to show Nora what she's made of, and she did because it hurt and help her friend at the same time. After she made the decision that Krogstad shouldn’t retrieve back the letter, then she waits for the arrival of Nora and Helmer to wish them a good night, and she leaves to meet up with Krogstad. Then Nora and Helmer are left alone, and Helmer is drunk and asking for some action from Nora but she refuses. After that incident Dr. Rank comes in and interrupts and says his last goodbyes before he goes to die in peace.
Finally, while Nora is unperturbed taking her shawl she sees Helmer with the letters. [Yikes!] First, he reads the one with the black hat and black cross which symbolizes death, and was put in his mailbox by Dr. Rank when he was leaving, and he told Helmer that he was going to die, which he had had no idea that his dear friend was dying, but Nora knew along and wasn’t surprised. Then, he reads Krogstad letter [double yikes!] saying that his wife borrowed money from him, she forged her dad’s signature, and she still needs to finish paying the rest. Helmer, is of course shocked by his “little skylark” action and went on why she would do such a thing and why she did such a thing? Nora explains on how she did it out of love to save his life, and he says she’s forgiving and starts being hypocrite saying how its okay, everyone makes mistakes, and she wasn’t aware of what she was doing.
After that the real action is develops. Nora realizes how hypocrite Helmer is, and she decides to leave him, her children, and the “doll” house behind. Helmer pleads her not to leave and ask her why does she, and she explains on how she has been treated like a doll since she was younger living with her dad and how he was doing the same, and that she was treating her kids the same way she was treated. He begs her not to go and suggests that they should live as brothers and sisters, but she refuses and tells him no it would never work out. Finally, she acknowledges that Helmer is suppressing her and she need to find herself and see the world, and make herself become a better person. With Helmer still pleading she leaves the nest.
My overall view of this play is that Henrik Ibsen, the author could of have made the ending better by continuing on Nora’s journey on finding herself, Helmer and the kids [after she left], and Mrs. Linde and Krogstad “reunited” relationship, but other than that it was a extremely good play to read and it was a thriller because it kept me on the edge of my seat.

Act II: Peoplez True Colorz Comes Out

In Act II a lot of weirdness came out and a lot of " feelings" came out in the open. First, Dr. Rank tells Nora that his dying and that his going bankrupt, and that Torvalt Helmer (her husband) is not the only one that cares for her. Basically acknowledging that if it wasn't for Helmer he would be there for her, and care for her as her husband, and Nora is shocked and doesn't respond back. Then, Krogstad comes and reproach Nora about how he's going to blackmail her and that how she forged and signed her father's signature three days after he died, if she doesn't get his job back for him. After that Nora is hysteric talking about how she's going to kill herself to prevent Krogstad from putting the letter into Helmer's mailbox, but he doesn't buy it and tells her he's not frightening by her comment, and put it in there as he left the house. After that drama happens Mrs. Linde comes in with Nora's dress and she goes on and tells her what happened, and she goes and tries to convince him to get the letter back since they knew each other in their earlier years, but he went out of town so she left him a note. Finally, it ends when Nora acting "helpless" when Dr. Rank and Helmer comes in to try to stave Helmer from going to his mailbox and opening the letter that came from Krogstad. While his being suppress, Nora blundered around of how she don't remember how to do the tarentella. This paticular Act reminds a little of bit of Blair from Gossip Girl, because Nora acts like her because she seduces people to get what she wants without even knowing she does, and acts helpless when theirs a favor she needs to be done for her.

Act I: Characters Interpretation

So far we have read Act I in A Doll's House, we meet Nora, Helmer Torvalt (Nora's husband), Mrs. Linde, Dr. Rank, and Krogstad. Nora, is a women who acts like a little kid and acts like she can't do anything without her husband consent, when she really can because she signed something without her husband knowing and forging her bedridden father's signature to save his life. She is not working because money is handed to her from her father and husband so she never felt the pain of hard labor in a work force, and when either of them give her money its like a big pay check handing down to her. She doesn't really have a mom figure because when she's talking to her kids, she talks to them like they're her dolls. Helmer, is in love with his wife Nora even though he criticize her about squandering her money around, being irresponsible, and treating her like she's a little girl who needs her allowances here and there when it is asked for. Mrs. Linde, is an old friend of Nora's who came to ask for a favor from Nora's husband to get her a job in the bank he works in, and who has a good head on her shoulder it seems like because she knows want she wants, and is independent unlike Nora who depend on others. Dr. Rank, is a family friend and a doctor who is sick with a illness. Krogstad, as we read was the mystery guy that Nora was talking about to Kristina (Mrs. Linde) about how she borrowed twelve hundred dollars, and he's blackmailing Nora in order for him to keep his job because he got in trouble with the law, and doesn't want to get fired by Mr. Helmer. This whole story basically reminds me of soap operas because theirs a lot of drama and lies in between which is bound to come out in a way that the characters wont like but it should set them free like the saying says.

Stephz A Doll's House (Behind the scene)

A Doll's House the play speaks for itself so its a perfect name. Its basically about a woman Nora who is treated like a doll because she gets anything she wants like a spoil brat! She never had to work hard for her money because it was handed down to her by her husband Torvald who treats her like a little kid with no respect. Money was also handed down from her father and Krogstad, a ma whom where soon to find out about. The story begins Christmas Eve when her husband Torvald and her are talking about Nora knowing how to use money the right way. Then Dr. Rank and Mrs. Linde comes in the door. Dr. Rank and Tovald Helmer go in a other room, and Mrs. Linde (Kristina) and Nora are in the living room and they're catching up with things because they havent seen each other for 10 years. While catching up Mrs. Linde tells Nora she's a widow and Nora asked questions and learned that her friend is basically lonely, her kids are older, her mother died, and she stopped taking care of her brother because his grown up now, and Nora goes on about herself and her "supposevely" great life with Torvald. As their catching up Mrs. Linde, ask a favor from Nora asking her to ask her husband to help her get a job, and then Nora reveals her biggest secret that the money she got to take care of her husband and to go to Italy wasn't from her father but a another guy. From there the story develops and a lot of drama happens and old lovers reunite. At the end of the story Nora leaves to find herself because she sees how she's getting treated and she doesn't like.

http://summarycentral.tripod.com/adollshouse.htm

Stephz 1st Blog Assignment

Henrik Isben was born March 20, 1828 in Skien, Norway and died May 23 1906. His father, Knud Isben, was prosperous merchant, and his mother, Marichen Cornelia Martine Altenburg was avid painter and she loved theater. His education was interrupted by poverty and at the age of 15 and he went to work in a pharmacist in Grinmstad. He moved in 1850 to Christina (now Olso), where he attended Heltberg's a "student factory," an irregular school for university candidates, and earned his journalistic writings. The same year he wrote two plays, Catiline, a tragedy, which reflected the atmosphere of the revolutionary year of 1848, and The Burial Mound. He hoped to become a physician, but failed university of entrance examinations. After successfully performing a poem about Norway's past, Ibsen was appointed in 1851 by Ole Bull as "stage poet" of Den Nationale scene, a smaller theater. Ibsen staged more than 150 plays, becoming familiar with the techniques of professional theatrical performances. He also wrote four plays based on Norwegian folklore and history, notably Lady Inger of Ostrat (1855). In 1852 his theater sent him on a study tour to Denmark and Germany. Married in 1858 to Suzannah and had a one child by the name of Sigurd. Other plays he wrote were The Vikings of Helgoland (1858), Love's Comedy (1862), The Pretenders (1864), Bjornson (1865), Brand (1866), Peer Gynt (1867), The Emperor and The Galilean (1873), Dillars of Society (1877), and last but not least A Doll's House (1879).

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/ibsen.htm