A Doll's House: Nora Perceived By Other Characters

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she must find her true self, the ways in which Krogstad,
Christine and Torvald perceive her dramatically change.
Christine Linde, a woman who has had to live independently since her
husband died, suddenly comes back to visit Nora and finds Nora has not changed
from her childish ways in high school. Nora for an instant does not recognize
her old friend because of the time that has passed since the last time she saw
her. Christine tells Nora of her husband's passing and how he did not leave her
any money or "even any sorrow or grief to live upon" (Ibsen 6). She tells Nora
how she had to marry him because of her ailing mother and two younger brothers.
She needed someone who could take care of her and her family financially. Now
she is on her own and looking for a job to support herself. Nora expresses her
sympathies and promptly brags about Torvald's promotion at the bank. She is so
excited at the importance of his job and more importantly the money that will
begin to ...

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feelings and thoughts are
smothered by Torvald's domineering views. When Nora tells Christine about the
money she borrowed, Christine does not understand because a woman is not allowed
by law to borrow money. Nora answers "humming and smiling with an air of
mystery, Couldn't I? Why not?" (Ibsen 12). Christine is shocked at this
information and can not believe that Nora would defy her husband. "Christine
too is inclined to treat Nora as a kitten that has never known trouble. Not
unnaturally Nora is piqued into revealing that she is not such a child after all.
Seven years ago she saved her husbands life by borrowing money" (Ibsen and
Strindberg 139). "You are just like the ...

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