Since we started reading A Doll's House, I find the main character Nora smart yet devious. She is not someone I would trust because she lies and plays to be a fake person. She seems like a woman who doesn't know what she's doing but she is actually the one in control. Also, according to the way she acts with Mrs. Linde, she seems to be totally self-absorbed with herself and focused on making herself and family look good to others and likes to brag and brag and brag. she also seemed to be squandering with money in the very beginning of the act.

Torvald is Nora's husband. by reading the way he treats Nora, you can tell he thinks she's a "feather brain". He doesn't likr to be in amortization. He sees her as if she is just some trophy that he gets to show off and only cares if she looks good next to him. He truly is sexist and probably doesn't value a women's opinion in anything. Torvald says,"Nora, Nora, just like a woman." p.149 'just like a woman!?' what is that suppose to mean?! This quote CLEARLY expresses his underestimation towards women and thinks that she is just some frivolous woman and needs to get a reality check because he doesn't really know what Nora, a woman, is capable of. ;)

Mrs.Linde seems pretty normal so far. She is just an old friend who is widowed now and has lived a hard life. She doesn't seem to be corrupt in anyway so far. i kinda just feel pity towards her.

Krogstad seems corrupt on the other hand. He has committed a crime of forgery and tried to run away from the consequences rather than face the music. He seems like a real criminal because he threatened Nora by black mailing her over a job. he defiantly is not good character. If i were Nora facing this black mail situation, i would just talk to Torvald as soon as possible because it all will just come crashing down on her and the lies will catch up.And if she doesn't confront the situation head on, she'll be digging a deeper hole for herself and Torvald might not forgive her so it's best to just tell the truth before she's in too deep.

Hi! I’m Vanessa J. What I enjoy most about our English class is reading all those stories and learning about new authors from around the globe. I really like The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho regardless of how many people disliked it. I also enjoy the activities we get to do when we get into groups. I like to hear the other student’s thoughts and ideas on the things we read because we all get to brainstorm together and it’s like “oh yeah, good observation there fellow student! I didn’t think of that!” and that’s always really good! :D

Henrik ibsen is one of the “great ones” of the 19^th-century Norwegian literature. Henrik is well known for his drama. He left romantic style, and brought it all on stage. He was born in Skien, Norway, march 20^th 1823.  Growing up, his family faced financial issues and no support from their friends so they moved to Venstop farmhouse provided by the creditors.  Isben wanted to become an artist. His mother was a painter and loved theatre. Poverty became an obstacle for Ibsen’s education. He attended Heltburg’s “student factory”, which is an unordinary school and then attended Christiania University. It’s believed that Isben has suffered from depression and had thoughts of suicide. He wrote poetry and has a number of art works of sketches, paintings and more. He travelled often and worked on stage productions all around the world. He became ill and died on May 23, 1906.

Well according to the title, A Doll’s House, I think it has to do with a family household. The whole idea I get from the word ‘doll’ is like a play toy. And a doll is controlled when it’s played with. So I feel like the household is controlled. I also feel like this has to do with women rights or an act of a woman getting her say in things because of this worksheet we did in class. So putting those two factors together I think this play has to do with a unspoken  woman who lives in a sexist time period who just gets walked on and all her life and is told what to do and things of that sort but she will finally have to stand for herself at a certain point.

Here are my sources:

http://www.online-literature.com/ibsen/

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Yay! First post! I'm excited to read A Dolls House. :D It sounds like a really good read.