The production first captured with the time of the year and Christmas spirit. Nora appeared so cheerful and care free at first you did not know what secret she had. Nora and Helmer appeared to be deep;y devoted to one another. Each showed remarkable affection to the other. Of course, in that time a wife had her place. I think Nora was more of an object to Helmer as he called her his little squirrel. The end of the movie when Helmer finds out what Nora did he reacts with such anger and makes strong statements regarding her character.
He states she can no longer be around the children since she committed forgery on a signature of her dead father and borrowed money from Krogstad. Her acts were all done out of love to save her husband and protect her dying father. She did not do this with contempt but out of love. When Helmer realizes Krogstad will not Reveal what Nora has done the tables turn and Helmer is quick to forgive Nora and pretend it did not happen.
At the point you can see Nora's expression she has an aha moment and realizes she does not know who she is. She leaves it all, her husband, children and home to find herself. She did not look back. Helmer pleads with her to work this out or come to some type of terms so she will stay. I was a little disappointed in the ending of the play. I wanted them to resolve their differences. Anthony Hopkins played a great role as Helmer.
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kelli, I did think that Torvald getting the tables turned on him with his own words was clever and ironic.
ReplyDeleteI know I hate it when my wife does that to me :)