Thursday, May 27, 2010

Act 2


In Act 2, things start to heat up and you're not sure exactly what will happen next. You would think Nora would be very faithful to her husband. During this act, Nora, being a coquette starts flirting with Dr. Rank! That is definitely something intolerable, especially because she is a married woman. She shouldn't use other people in such ways to try and solve her problems. In my opinion, she would be much better off just telling her husband the truth herself and explaining to him every detail. Seeming to be such a man of refinement, he would probably understand his wife.
Krogstad finally goes back to Nora's house, confirming that he has been dismissed, and is very upset at this. If Krogstad wants to start a new honest life, black mailing someone should not be a part of it. That is cold hearted and would only make him more disresputable.
In this act, Nora gradually realizes what she has done wrong, and begins to think that she is corrupting her family, especially her children. She avoids being near her children because she feels guilty. Although Nora feels this way, those kids are still her children, and she can't just ignore them. If she doesn't want to corrupt them then she should tell the truth! Nora plans on committing suicide, but that isn't the best decision to make. It's not a well thought out plan, and it's quite selfish of her if she kills herself to save her from her troubles. Torvald needs to be more aggressive and shake the truth out of Nora.





1 comment:

  1. I agree, she should just tell the truth. Resorting to suicide is childish and ridiculous!

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