In the play A Doll House Nora decides to leave her husband, Torvald Helmer, and her two children. She thinks about doing this multiple times during the course of the play, but has different reasons for why she should leave. For example, her reasoning for leaving in the middle of the play is different from her reasoning to leave at the end of the play. In the end of the play she makes her final reason for why she leaves her family. I agree with choice she makes because it would make her a stronger, smarter, and more mature women..
In the middle of the play Nora has her first plan as to how she will leave her family. Krogstad is the source of Nora's secret loan that she is trying to repay. When his position at the bank that Nora's husband manages is in jeopardy, he asks Nora to use her position as Helmer's wife to keep his job safe. When she refuses to do so Krogstad begins to blackmail her. He reminds her that he has a contract that she forged her father's signature, and uses that as blackmail bait. This causes Nora to think she needs to leave her husband. She comes up with the plan to kill herself. She thinks this plan will save the families reputation. This plan is hinted at when she sees her husband reading Krogstad’s letter. She cries out, “"Never to see him again. Never! Never! Never to see my children again either--never again. Never! Never!" (Act III) She also cries out, “Ah! the icy, black water--the unfathomable depths" (Act III) These lines indicate that she had come up with the plan to leave her husband …show more content…
I do not agree with this reasoning because I think it is a rash decision. Nora doesn’t take time to evaluate the situation and immediately just jumps to the most drastic plan. She is both selfish and selfless with this decision. She is selfish because she would be leaving her family with no way of returning to them. She is selfless because she was thinking of her family first and would have given up her life just to save their
In the middle of the play Nora has her first plan as to how she will leave her family. Krogstad is the source of Nora's secret loan that she is trying to repay. When his position at the bank that Nora's husband manages is in jeopardy, he asks Nora to use her position as Helmer's wife to keep his job safe. When she refuses to do so Krogstad begins to blackmail her. He reminds her that he has a contract that she forged her father's signature, and uses that as blackmail bait. This causes Nora to think she needs to leave her husband. She comes up with the plan to kill herself. She thinks this plan will save the families reputation. This plan is hinted at when she sees her husband reading Krogstad’s letter. She cries out, “"Never to see him again. Never! Never! Never to see my children again either--never again. Never! Never!" (Act III) She also cries out, “Ah! the icy, black water--the unfathomable depths" (Act III) These lines indicate that she had come up with the plan to leave her husband …show more content…
I do not agree with this reasoning because I think it is a rash decision. Nora doesn’t take time to evaluate the situation and immediately just jumps to the most drastic plan. She is both selfish and selfless with this decision. She is selfish because she would be leaving her family with no way of returning to them. She is selfless because she was thinking of her family first and would have given up her life just to save their