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How does Nora justify her forgery?
In the play A Doll’s House, by Henrik Ibsen, Nora Helmer commits the crime of forgery. Nora has two reasons, or motivations, for committing this crime. The first is that she believes her father would certainly have signed the document if he had been able to, therefore she thinks it was not wrong to sign it herself.
When did Nora forge the signature?
A desperate woman and devoted wife, she grasped for a way to pay for her husband’s needed medical treatment. She turned to Krogstad, who realizes that the signature is dated three days after her father died (quite the slip on Nora’s part) and that Nora replicated his signature as well.
Does Nora deny the forgery?
Torvald responds that he forged signatures. Nora asks what his motives were in the matter. Torvald says he would never condemn a man for one indiscretion, but the real problem with Krogstad was that he refused to admit what he had done and take his punishment. Nora vehemently refuses, and the nanny departs.
Why did Krogstad forge a signature?
Krogstad explains to Nora that forging her father’s signature to obtain a loan was illegal. He then makes clear the difference between Nora and himself: While his social position was destroyed by his forgery, hers is still intact.
Why did Nora leave her husband?
Nora does leave her husband at the end of Act III after she is forced to face his true nature and realizes how selfish he is. She also realizes that, as Torvald’s wife, she has lived more of a child’s life than an adult’s.
Why did Nora forge her father’s signature on the loan?
Years ago, when her husband became ill, Nora forged her father’s signature to receive a loan to save Torvald’s life. The fact that she never told Torvald about this arrangement reveals several aspects of her character.
When did Nora find her father’s signature in a doll’s house?
She turned to Krogstad, who realizes that the signature is dated three days after her father died (quite the slip on Nora’s part) and that Nora replicated his signature as well.
Why does Nora want to conceal the loan?
For one, the audience no longer sees Nora as the sheltered, carefree wife of an attorney. She knows what it means to struggle and take risks. In addition, the act of concealing the ill-obtained loan signifies Nora’s independent streak.
How is Nora treated by the men in her life?
Like many women of her era, Nora has been infantilized by the men in her life; first her father, then her husband. She’s spent the whole of her life being treated like a child—as someone who lacks the necessary agency to make her own decisions in life.