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Helmer is a successful bank lawyer in the drama "A Doll House" written by Henrik Ibsen. His wife's name is Nora. She is a housewife with three children and gets help raising them from her maid Helen. Nora and Helmer are both busy people within their lives. Little do they know that their marriage is not safe due to the fact that it is not given first priority in the lives they led. The action takes place in their home. Helmer is very protective when it comes to the family image that is portrayed to the public. This is because his career, as a lawyer, depends on it. He feels that he should have a perfect public image for the sake of his career and not his family, since that is what comes first in his life. This is seen when he discovers a letter from a bank that his wife, Nora, gets a loan from. He finds out that the loan was acquired illegally through forgery. She uses her father's signature. Helmer immediately strips her of all her rights to him as his wife and to the children as their mother. He does not ask for divorce since this will not be a good public image for his career, instead he asks her to have a separate room from his and limits her time with the children. Helmer is the rule maker of his house. He meticulously giv
He has set time for everything, when the meals are prepared, when the children should go to sleep, when they should wake up, what to eat, when to check the mail etc. Rank know that she will not tolerate his behavior. At the end of the drama Helmer and Nora end up living separtae lives. The hiding of such issues from Helmer is first priority instead of her marriage. The family friend doctor tells Nora how he has been in love with her for a long time. es details on how he wants his house run. He wants to be the first one to handle all the mail, scans the letters in the box and then distributes them to the appropriate people. Nora is caught red-handed lying about the visit of Nis Krogstad, the banker. He gets angry and strips her of all her motherly and wife rights. Helmer asks about the banker's visit and she denies the fact that he had come the their house. She keeps it from her husband since she wants to maintain an innocent view from him. I see this when she hides the fact that she is having chocolate, which is forbidden in the household.
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