The Aspects Of Symbolism In A Doll's House

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As the play progresses, the reader come to know that for Helmer’s sickness in the past, Nora was forced to borrow money from Helmer’s scoundrel college mate and bank colleague Nils Krogstad to save her husband’s life. She got the loan without informing her husband as she knows it would be painful and humiliating for him to know about her favour. She first used diplomacy to convince him for going abroad. She also “hinted that he could borrow the money” (Act I, p.46). He got almost angry and did not want “to yield to her whims and fancies” (ibid) as he was unable to suspect how ill he was. As a result, she was compelled to save his life by taking money from Krogstad secretly. In the legal process of obtaining the money, she was forced to forge …show more content…

Krostad now starts blackmailing Nora on the condition that if she does not persuade her husband from firing him(Krostad) from the bank, he would tell Nora’s husband and everyone else that she forged signature of her dying father to get loan. As Nora knows Helmer’s abhorrence towards dishonesty and debt, she is frightened of ruining her family image and requests the Krogstad “My husband must never know” (Act II, P.113). What she fears is that her husband will take actions against her for keeping the monetary issue a secret from him. We see, how money can shake the ground of their …show more content…

This revelation shows the passive Nora as a strong woman who can be desperate to save her sick husband. She also starts to pay back for a debt which is not hers. As she has no income, she saves half the money given by Helmer for her clothes and by doing a heap of copying and saving money which he gives on the household expenses. She did not let others know of the troubles she had. Instead of asking for help to repay the debt by telling Helmer, she takes all the troubles of working what little she can by earning whatever she can. This shows her exceptionality in her

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