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Then a second letter arrives from Krogstad, dropping the charges and
returning Nora's forged note. Torvald is relieved and immediately
wants to return Nora to the status of pet and child. But she has
seen him as he really is. She realizes that she went straight from
her father's house to her husband's and has never become her own
person. She has always subordinated her opinions and her identity to
those who she assumed were nobler. Now she sees that both Torvald
and her father were weak, and have kept her weaker only to have
someone to bully.

Nora decides to leave Torvald's house to discover who she is. She
says she's not fit to raise her children in the state she's in--
she's been teaching them to be mindless dolls, just as she was. When
Torvald asks if she'll ever return, she replies that she could only
return if the greatest miracle happened and they were truly equals,
truly married.

Torvald is left clinging to this hope as his wife departs, slamming
the door behind her.

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translation.)


A DOLL'S HOUSE: NORA HELMER

Nora is a fascinating character for actresses to play, and for you
to watch. She swings between extremes: she is either very happy or
suicidally depressed, comfortable or desperate, wise or naive,
helpless or purposeful. You can understand this range in Nora,
because she wavers between the person she pretends to be and the one
she may someday become.

At the beginning of the play, Nora is still a child in many ways,
listening at doors and guiltily eating forbidden sweets behind her
husband's back. She has gone straight from her father's house to her
husband's, bringing along her nursemaid to underline the fact that
she's never grown up. She's also never developed a sense of self.
She's always accepted her father's and her husband's opinions. And
she's aware that Torvald would have no use for a wife who was his
equal. But like many children, Nora knows how to manipulate Torvald
by pouting or by performing for him.

In the end, it is the truth about her marriage that awakens Nora.
Although she may suspect that Torvald is a weak, petty man, she
clings to the illusion that he's strong, that he'll protect her from
the consequences of her act. But at the moment of truth, he abandons
her completely. She is shocked into reality and sees what a sham
their relationship has been. She becomes aware that her father and
her husband have seen her as a doll to be played with, a figure