The Doll's House
             In the late eighteen hundreds, a Norwegian writer, Henrik Ibsen wrote The Doll's House. He portrayed how women and men treated each other during this time period and how women were treated in general. Ibsen wrote this play about a husband and wife that never really knew each other. When there is no honesty in a marriage, it is not going to work. Ibsen showed that conflict and deception in a relationship leads to a tragic ending.
             To begin, Nora has a lot of problems in her life at this time. She is expecting a baby, her father is dying, and her husband is very sick. Dr. Rank tells Nora that Torvald must move from the chilling weather of Norway to a warmer climate, like Italy. Otherwise, her husband could die. She does not want to tell Torvald that he is sick, because she does not want to worry him, but Nora has no money to move their family to Italy for a year. This poses another problem for Nora. She cannot get a loan because she is a woman and Torvald won't sign for one because he disapproves of borrowing money. Nora does not want to ask her father sign a loan because he is dying and she does not want to trouble him. As a result, Nora forges her father's signature to get the money.
             Many years go by and Nora has the loan almost paid off. She had to get every penny she could from Torvald to pay the loan without him knowing. On Christmas Eve, Krogstad, which is who Nora received the loan from, comes to her door to see her husband. This worries Nora, she thinks that Krogstad will tell her husband about the loan. Krogstad worked at the Joint Stock Bank, were Torvald was soon to be the manager. Torvald was going to fire Krogstad. This was a problem for Krogstad because he had been in trouble with the law in the past, and this job was going to help him get his good name back. Krogstad knew there was a glitch in the loan receipt. He knew that her father died on September 29th, and the document was sig...