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A Doll's House
Plot Overview
A Doll’s House opens on Christmas Eve
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Torvald Helmer, Nora’s husband, comes out of his study when he hears her arrive
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Their conversation reveals that the Helmers have had to be careful with
money for many years, but that Torvald has recently obtained a new position at the
bank where he works that will afford them a more comfortable lifestyle
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Rank has
come to visit
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To
Nora’s great surprise, Kristine Linde, a former school friend, comes into the room
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Linde’s husband passed away a few years earlier
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Linde tells Nora that when her husband died, she was left with no
money and no children
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Linde about her first year of marriage to
Torvald
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Torvald became sick, she adds, and the couple had to travel to Italy so that Torvald
could recover
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Linde’s life, and Mrs
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She
states that her mother has passed away, though, and that the brothers are too old to
need her
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Linde says she feels empty because she has
no occupation; she hopes that Torvald may be able to help her obtain employment
Nora promises to speak to Torvald and then reveals a great secret to Mrs
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For years, Nora reveals, she has worked and saved in secret, slowly
repaying the debt, and soon it will be fully repaid
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Nora reacts uneasily to Krogstad’s presence,
and Dr
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” Once he
has finished meeting with Krogstad, Torvald comes into the living room and says
that he can probably hire Mrs
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Dr
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Linde then depart, leaving Nora by herself
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The two converse, and Krogstad
is revealed to be the source of Nora’s secret loan
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He asks Nora to use her influence to ensure
that his position remains secure
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Krogstad blackmails Nora, threatening to reveal her crime and to bring
shame and disgrace on both Nora and her husband if she does not prevent Torvald
from firing him
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He declares Krogstad
an immoral man and states that he feels physically ill in the presence of such
people
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Alone, Nora paces her
living room, filled with anxiety
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Linde arrives and helps sew Nora’s costume
for the ball that Nora will be attending at her neighbors’ home the following
evening
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Linde that Dr
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Nora’s suspicious behavior leads Mrs
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Rank is the
source of Nora’s loan
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Linde’s charge but refuses to reveal the
source of her distress
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When Nora presses him, he admits that Krogstad’s moral behavior isn’t all
that bothers him—he dislikes Krogstad’s overly familiar attitude
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Torvald leaves
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Rank arrives and tells Nora that he knows he is close to
death
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She seems to be
preparing to ask him to intervene on her behalf in her struggle with Torvald
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Rank reveals to Nora that he is in love with her
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Rank for anything
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Rank leaves, Krogstad arrives and demands an explanation for his
dismissal
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He then puts a letter detailing Nora’s debt and forgery
in the -Helmers’ letterbox
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Linde everything, and Mrs
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In order to distract Torvald from the letterbox, Nora begins to practice the
tarantella she will perform at that evening’s costume party
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Nora
manages to make Torvald promise not to open his mail until after she performs at
the party
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Linde soon returns and says that she has left Krogstad a note but
that he will be gone until the following evening
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Linde in the Helmers’ living room
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Linde left Krogstad for a wealthier man who
would enable her to support her family
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Krogstad is overjoyed and says he will demand his letter back before
Torvald can read it and learn Nora’s secret
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Linde, however, insists he leave
the letter, because she believes both Torvald and Nora will be better off once the
truth has been revealed
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After saying goodnight to Mrs
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Dr
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After Dr
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Rank’s visiting cards, each

with a black cross above the name
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Rank’s cards constitute his
announcement that he will soon die, and she informs Torvald of this fact
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Torvald reads the letter and is outraged
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He declares that she will not be
allowed to raise their children
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Torvald opens it and
discovers that Krogstad has returned Nora’s contract (which contains the forged
signature)
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She declares that despite their eight years
of marriage, they do not understand one another
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She decides to leave Torvald,
declaring that she must “make sense of [her]self and everything around her
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