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A Doll s House 19
else matters; least of all, social, legal or moral
considerations. Therefore, when her husband s
life is threatened, it is no effort, it is joy for Nora
to forge her father s name to a note and borrow
800 cronen on it, in order to take her sick husband
to Italy.
In her eagerness to serve her husband, and in
perfect innocence of the legal aspect of her act,
she does not give the matter much thought, except
for her anxiety to shield him from any emergency
that may call upon him to perform the miracle in
her behalf. She works hard, and saves every
penny of her pin-money to pay back the amount
she borrowed on the forged check.
Nora is light-hearted and gay, apparently with
out depth. Who, indeed, would expect depth of
a doll, a "squirrel,"
a song-bird? Her purpose
in life is to be happy for her husband s sake, for
the sake of the children; to sing, dance, and play
with them. Besides, is she not shielded, pro
tected, and cared for? Who, then, would suspect
Nora of depth? But already in the opening
scene, when Torvald inquires what his precious
"
squirrel
"
wants for a Christmas present, Nora
quickly asks him for money. Is it to buy maca
roons or finery? In her talk with Mrs. Linden,
Nora reveals her inner self, and forecasts the in
evitable debacle of her doll s house.
After telling her friend how she had saved her
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