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Doll’s House, Act II
The Doll’s House reveals the shocking secrets and the doll represents the roles women denied to play thus trapped in the house. The play has three minor characters and each of them play a vital role in the play. Kristine Linde is one of the minor characters such as Kristine Linde, Dr. Rank and Krogstad. Both play the vital roles in the play but Kristine Linde is the minor character being used by the author as the most functional character in developing the plot. She is Nora’s childhood friend and Linde plays major roles of reflecting Nora’s character as well as what takes place in the play. Linde saves Nora from her immoral character because she advices her not to engage in Dr. Rank’s relationship because she is married. This is because Linde has a lot of life experience because she underwent several instances of pain and suffering. Linde had a stable relationship that had love but she made a mistake of moving out of it due to money and stability. Linde therefore advices Nora not to make the same mistake she did.
Kristine Linde serves as a foil to Nora because she functions as a fitting device for an expository scene. This is because she provides the fundamental details about other characters thus making the audience to understand their traits very well. Linde acts as a foil to Nora because she tries to explain to her about marriage life. This is because Linde had been married for along time so she had experience thus want to make Nora understand the meaning of marriage, Linde acts as Nora’s savior because she helped Nora by advising her not to make a big mistake in marriage same to Linde. Although, Nora is being frustrated by Linde’s tiresome advices, Linde finally helped Nora who became a stronger woman. She helped Nora to stop her affair with Dr. Rank because Nora was married to Helmer. Linde helped Nora not to live in an empty marriage like the one she lived and eventually Nora started living a meaningful life. Additionally, Linde helped Nora to fix the conflicting issues they had with Krogstad.
The author uses Dr. Rank to reveal things about other characters in diverse ways. First, Dr. Frank is used to reveal Torvald Helmer, Nora’s husband as someone who does not care about her wife. He is used to reveal the way Helmer does not give his wife freedom but only leaves her locked up in the house. This makes the audience understand the title of the play whereby Nora is represented like a doll in the house because dolls does not have freedom of choice (Ibsen 2008). Dr. Frank provides emotional love to Nora and is always ready to listen to Nora. Moreover, he provides Nora financial support something that reveals how irresponsible Helmer is. On the other hand, Dr. Frank is used to reveal Nora’s immoral character because she loves Dr. Frank and speaks in confidence when he is around. Dr. Frank plays the part of a loving and benevolent husband thus revealing the way Helmer is not a benevolent husband. He portrays Nora’s characters as someone who loves money and needs affection as well as someone who lives in a miserable marriage.
Krogstad is not a true villain but just a man caught in desperate circumstances. This is because villains in the play are usually portrayed as characters who take dirty parts of killing others. The play however does a poor job convincing the reader if Krogstad is really a true villain or not. However, Krogstad is a cruel man who mostly caused conflicts in the play to other characters most of the times especially Nora and Helmer thus making him seem like a villain. Krogstad hated Nora’s family as well as threatens them especially when he was about to lose his job. Krogstad was caught in desperate circumstances and he only shares a great deal with Nora because their motives were only the desperate deals to help their loved ones. Krogstad and Nora involved in forgery scheme because they wanted to get money and save their families from the critical situations they were undergoing. Krogstad is not a villain because he tries to live a legitimate life although he is a cruel character.
Work cited
Ibsen Henrik. A Doll’s House. November 15, 2011. Web. December 13, 2008.
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