Henrik Ibsen
- Play Summary
- About A Doll's House
- Character List
- Summary and Analysis
- Act I
- Act II
- Act III
- Character Analysis
- Nora Helmer
- Torvald Helmer
- Christine Linde
- Dr. Rank
- Henrik Ibsen Biography
- Critical Essays
- Dramatic Structure of A Doll's House
- Theme of A Doll's House
- Study Help
- Quiz
- Essay Questions
- Cite this Literature Note
Play Summary
Nora Helmer once secretly borrowed a large sum of money so that her husband could recuperate from a serious illness. She never told him of this loan and has been secretly paying it back in small installments by saving from her household allowance. Her husband, Torvald, thinks her careless and childlike, and often calls her his doll. When he is appointed bank director, his first act is to relieve a man who was once disgraced for having forged his signature on a document. This man, Nils Krogstad, is the person from whom Nora has borrowed her money. It is then revealed that she forged her father's signature in order to get the money. Krogstad threatens to reveal Nora's crime and thus disgrace her and her husband unless Nora can convince her husband not to fire him. Nora tries to influence her husband, but he thinks of Nora as a simple child who cannot understand the value of money or business. Thus, when Torvald discovers that Nora has forged her father's name, he is ready to disclaim his wife even though she had done it for him. Later when all is solved, Nora sees that her husband is not worth her love and she leaves him.
- Play Summary
- About A Doll's House
- Character List
- Summary and Analysis
- Act I
- Act II
- Act III
- Character Analysis
- Nora Helmer
- Torvald Helmer
- Christine Linde
- Dr. Rank
- Henrik Ibsen Biography
- Critical Essays
- Dramatic Structure of A Doll's House
- Theme of A Doll's House
- Study Help
- Quiz
- Essay Questions
- Cite this Literature Note