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Act 3 A Dolls House

Nora decides to leave her husband Torvald at the end of A Doll's House. Throughout their marriage, Torvald treated Nora like a puppet and believed that as a wife and mother, her primary role was to serve him. However, Nora realizes she is a human being with her own identity. Though leaving will be difficult, it is the only way for Nora to truly reclaim her independence and humanity apart from Torvald's control. The play ends with the sound of Nora slamming the door behind her, symbolizing her closing herself off from Torvald and the restrictive life she led within their marriage.

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Act 3 A Dolls House

Nora decides to leave her husband Torvald at the end of A Doll's House. Throughout their marriage, Torvald treated Nora like a puppet and believed that as a wife and mother, her primary role was to serve him. However, Nora realizes she is a human being with her own identity. Though leaving will be difficult, it is the only way for Nora to truly reclaim her independence and humanity apart from Torvald's control. The play ends with the sound of Nora slamming the door behind her, symbolizing her closing herself off from Torvald and the restrictive life she led within their marriage.

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A Doll’s House

Act III Discussion Questions

1. Why is Kristine willing to “risk everything” for Krogstad?


She wants to take care of his children and have a family. She wants fulfillment in her life. She
finally found something to hold onto. She wants the family nora has and now she can have it.
They don’t need anything except for each other. They can live their happily ever after. She now
has purpose again.

2. Why does Kristine encourage Krogstad to let Torvald read the letter revealing Nora’s
deception?
Kristine encourage Krogstad to let Torvald read the letter revealing Nora’s deception because
she doesn't want the secrets in the house. She wants them to be truthful. She knows how much
it will hurt nora but it could end up very good for her. Nora cant hide her mistake forever.

3. Dr. Rank suggests Nora should go to the next masquerade dressed as “Charmed Life,” and
that she should dress “just as she looks every day.” What is the implication about Nora’s daily
life? Is it charmed? Or is the charm a masquerade? Explain.
the charm a masquerade because in masquerade you get to be someone other than yourself. it
could definitely also be about Nora's everyday life. She is lying and deceiving her husband so
she should always dress like that. She's not being a real person she's being someone other than
herself. Her husband thinks that she's stupid so she kind of plays into that to get what she
wants.

4. Discuss the irony in Torvald’s accusation that Nora has played with him “like a puppet.”
Nora was also being played like a puppet. She wasn't allowed to do anything for herself or act
how she wanted. She did everything to please her husband. They were both manipulative
towards each other. Neither was necessarily in the right during the book but they both think
they are.

5. Helmer’s pronouncement that “before all else, (Nora is) a wife and mother” is contradicted
by Nora’s “before all else, I’m a human being.” Is this issue significant today, or is it only a sign
of Ibsen’s time? Explain.
It's a lot less but it's still significant. Women are more allowed to be independent now to have
their own jobs and lives. Though some people still have to fight for their right to be seen as a
human being. In some families it is still happening that the woman is the caregiver and the man
is the breadwinner but it has evolved over time so that in some cases all the work is more
evenly shared or it is completely opposite of the first system. I believe that the world is moving
more egalitarian then it was in previous decades and centuries.

6. Discuss Nora’s decision to leave her family. Is it truly the only way she can reclaim her
identity and humanity?
No I don't think it's the only way but it would be much easier not to be living under torvalds
thumb all the time. She can be a free independent person but I think she also has a
responsibility to her family mostly her children. You can still have your own identity even when
caring for children. Leaving her family and children leaves a bad stain and negatively affects
everyone.

7. The last sound the audience hears is the door slamming shut after Nora’s departure. Examine
the theatrical, literary, and historical significance of this stage device.
She slams the door and closes herself to him forever. She wants nothing more to do with him
for the rest of her life. All good things come to the end. Even the things people want can have
tremendous problems and should end. Marriage isn’t perfect it has problems and people
shouldn’t stay if they are unhappy.

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