Analysis of a Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen

Honesty in Marriage In A Dolls House, Ibsen uses role reversal between Nora and Christine to show the importance of unbiasedy in a good marriage versus dishonesty. Nora and Torvald have the dishonest marriage and that proves to turn out badly for their affinity in the end. Christine remained an honest person and ended up with a rekindled relationship with her old love. At the truly beginning, everything seems fine with Torvald and Nora if Noras initial act of dishonesty is ignored. Torvald calls to her first. When did my squirrel catch home? (Act I) Right after respondent him, Nora does her best to hide the macaroons she had eaten against Torvalds wishes by stuffing the bag in her pocket and frantically wiping the enjoin from her mouth. All is seemingly well between them besides Noras lack of willpower against cookies. When Christine comes on the scene, she is alone. She has come to where Nora extends to find work (even though she feels overworked). She is completely honest ab out her situation with Nora though. From the beginning Christine seems to have goose egg to hide.She explains how she spent her life taking care of her family and how she no longer has someone to care for other than herself. later(prenominal) in the play, when Nora and Torvald go to the party, Noras mind is less on dancing the Tarantella and more on the letter Krogstad had written for Torvald. In the letter was the truth about how Nora was able to pay for Torvalds discussion in Paris. All this time, Torvald was thinking the money came from Noras overprotect when in reality, Nora illegally forged her fathers name in order to obtain a loan from the bank at which Krogstad was employed.Nora bust to law by doing business without a public and had non nonified her husband. Now Nora is doing her best to stall Torvald in hope of not letting him read his letter from his letterbox. She does her best to be subtle by mendicity to stay at the party longer. Torvald refuses to give in to he r pleas and eventually reads the letter. The result is not pretty. Torvald becomes furious, And as for you and me, it must(prenominal) appear as if everything between us were just as beforebut naturally yet in the eyes of the ground. You will steady remain in my house, that is a matter of course.But I shall not allow you to bring up the children I dare not trust them to you. To think that I should be obliged to say so to one whom I have loved so dearly, and whom I still. No, that is all over. From this moment happiness is not the question all that concerns us is to save the remains, the fragments, the appearance (Act III) Torvalds idea of a solution is to do his best to hide the situation as best her coffin nail by trying to appease Krogstad. Then he wants to keep Nora as a prisoner in her own home while simultaneously isolating her from her own children indefinitely.All this time, Noras lies has cost her the relationship she suasion she had with her husband. At the same time, Torvald has been hiding his true self from Nora. She never expected him to react in such a dash and this lead her to make, more than likely, one of the hardest decisions shes ever had to make. fleck Nora stresses about Krogstads letter, Christina decides to pay him a visit and does what Nora should have done with Torvald. Christine tells Krogstad the truth. She explains to Krogstad why they could not be together in the past.She explains how much she needed money to care for her helpless mother and two brothers. She could not afford to wait around for Krogstad. That much, Krogstad can understand. Notice how, their conversation does not involve any scold of shunning the other in anyway. Because Christine is honest with Krogstad, he accepts her the way she is, flaws and all. In the end, Nora feels it is best for her to be on her way even after Torvald changes his mind. Krogstad decides to forget the debt and not hold it over Noras head as blackmail any longer.Torvald gets really h appy and tries to act as if everything can go back the way it was, Listen to me, Nora. You dont seem to realise that it is all over. What is this? such a cold, set face My poor smaller Nora, I quite understand you dont feel as if you could believe that I have forgiven you. But it is true, Nora, I swear it I have forgiven you everything. I know that what you did, you did out of love for me. (Act III) He wants to believe that since Krogstad has give the bonds, the situation is all over and everything her said before is in the past.Unfortunately for him, Nora is not so sure. She thinks about how he was so ready to shun her and put her away like a common criminal. She realizes that Torvald is not the dire man she thought he was and she is not the woman for him. She is tired of living like a mans plaything all her life. Torvald is the one who helps her realize it and she leaves. Christine and Krogstad decide to revive their lost love and live together as a happy couple. So in the end , Nora and Torvald go through their marriage and fable to themselves and each other.As a result, the marriage falls apart and Nora makes the decision to walk away. She hopes to find herself in the world by allowing herself to be honest. Christine walks in with no one. She hides nothing and stays honest with herself. This gives her the freedom to be honest with her long, lost sweetheart, Krogstad. Her honesty gives them both the ability to truly love each other, unlike Nora and Krogstad. Nora and Christine have fundamentally switched places all because Christine was honest and Nora was not.