Nora is hiding many secrets from her husband, Torvald, but her biggest secret is the fact that when Torvald had a terminal illness she got a loan from the bank under her father’s signature Nora wanted to ask her father for the money, but she could not since he was so close to dying, so she signed a bank insurance document herself for a loan. Nora was only recently caught by Krogstad who is known throughout the town for committing the same crime as Nora. Krogstad said that the only way he knew the document was forged because the date in which it was signed was four days after her father had died “Your father died on the twenty-ninth of September. But look here; your father has dated …show more content…
Ibsen tries to explain that being an individual and standing out in society is difficult, yet it is justified. He does so by defining the ideas of moral disease, describing Christine and Krogstad’s decision, and placing Torvald as the antagonist and Nora as the protagonist. Ibsen focuses a great deal on how morality is pedestalled in the Victorian Society through Torvald. if you look at the situation through Ibsen’s eyes, you can see that Krogstad committed crimes for the same reasons as Nora, love. "My sons are growing up; for their sake I must try and win back as much respect as I can in the town. This post in the Bank was like the first step up for me--and now your husband is going to kick me downstairs again into the