A doll's house
Dolls House Research Major Characters : Nora Helmer – a 19 th century wife, married to Torvald Helmer and mother of three. Torvald Helmer – Nora’s husband, newly promoted bank manager. Treats Nora like an innocent child and speaks down to her. Nils Krogstad – supposed scoundrel. Fired by Torvald after his promotion, threatens to reveal Nora’s secret if she doesn’t convince Torvald to fire her When was it written: Written and premiered in 1879 around Christmas time Main Plot summary: The play revolves around the life of Nora Helmer, who is a seemingly happy wife of Torvald Helmer in a middle-class family. However, Nora is troubled by the fact that she borrowed money to save Torvald’s life when he was sick, which she forged his signature to do so. When Torvald fires the man who lent her the money and knows of her secret (Krogstad), he threatens to expose what she did unless she can convince her husband not to fire him. Nor...