This play was an easy read. The characters were few in comparison to the others. Maybe I am finally getting the hang of this after 7 weeks. The main character Nora and her husband Torvald Helmer were a married couple of eight years. Nora went from living with her father whom cared for her to being married to Torvald. She referred to herself as her father's doll then to Torvalds. Nora made decision that would affect her future, but her decision was done out of love for her husband. Nora borrowed money from Nils Krogstad and forged her dying fathers signature on the agreement of repayment without his knowledge. She made timely payments and all was going accordingly til Krogstad lost his position at the bank that Tarvold was promoted at. Krogstad exposed Nora through a letter and Tarvold found out the truth. She had confessed what see had done to her long lost friend Mrs. Linde. She borrowed the money to allow her husband to travel to become well. All her actions were for the love of her husband and family.
The miracle Nora was hoping for did not happen. Tarvold would not take the fall for Nora's actions. He had to withhold his honor and integrity. I think at that moment an aha moment happened for Nora. She realized she did not know herself. She had never been able to stand on her own two feet. She had her father than her husband. She needed to discover who she was, educate herself and find her place in this world. She left her husband and her children to go off on her own for self realization. I do not agree with abandoning your children,but I do understand her need to realize who she was. I enjoyed Anthony Hopkins performance on the video as well.
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I haven't watched the video yet but there have been some pretty big named stars that play the roles in these plays....
ReplyDeleteI will be watching this video very soon. Its really sad that our Men can easily walk out of their marriages and only get away with paying for child support and some unreliable visitation arrangement. When it is the women that leave, then they are morally vindicated for abandoning their kids. What a double standard. I agree with you Kelli, Nora needed to find herself, I hope his will benefit her and her children in future.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that the author takles this issue well before its time. In my opinion strong men of the distant era's were always accompanied by strong and insightful women but we will never know because they had to remain in the back ground un-seen.
ReplyDeleteTodays women can still be treated to a double standard even now.
I wonder what the author would right about now to promote social injustice?