In five pages this paper discusses the independence that was signified by this financial agreement between the protagonist Nora and Krogstad. Four sources are cited in the bibliography.
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regarded as akin to blasphemy within the patriarchy of the late nineteenth century. One of his most courageous, not to mention controversial, heroines was Nora Helmer, who was featured
in Ibsens 1879 play, A Dolls House. Nora has been married to Torvald, who is a bank president, for eight years and is the mother of three young children.
Most of the dramatic action within A Dolls House is generated when Nora takes matters in her own hands and commits an act of desperation. When her husband
becomes seriously ill, Nora seeks to take her husband on an Italian holiday in hopes of restoring his failing health. However, she discovers that they have insufficient funds at
the present time to finance such a trip. Believing her husbands life hung in the balance, Nora secures a bank note from Nils Krogstad, one of her husbands employees
who has a less-than-impeccable reputation in banking circles, for an alleged incident of fraud in his past. Nora is only able to secure the loan by obtaining the signature
of her ailing father. After successfully negotiating the financial contract with Krogstad, Nora is able to whisk her husband off to
a warmer climate, which has the desired effect and Torvald regains his good health. However, there is soon trouble in the Helmers domestic paradise when Krogstad notices that the
bank note purportedly signed by Noras father on October 2, even though he had died on September 29. Seizing this is the golden opportunity to retain his job security,
Krogstad implores Nora to intervene with Torvald on his behalf. She refuses, and when questioned further by Krogstad, she admits, "I signed Papas name" (Ibsen 66). It is