Continuation.

(Nora goes to Dr. Rank's house. She decides that Dr.Rank needs to be taken care of in his time of need.)

(Nora knocks on the door of Dr. Ranks house)

Dr Rank: Who is it?

Nora: It's me, Nora.

Dr.Rank: (opening the door) Nora what are you doing here? Torvald will be terribly upset if he finds out.

Nora: I left Torvald, Dr. Rank. I was tired of being treated like a child. Besides I was no good for my children. They needed someone who could take care of them, not play with them. I will only corrupt them.

Dr. Rank: Oh Nora, I'm in no condition for you to be around..

Nora: NO! Dr. Rank, I'm here to take care of you. I don't want you to be alone. You need to be with someone who truly loves you.

Dr. Rank: Oh thank you Nora. Would you like to come to bed with me?

Nora: Oh yes, Dr. Rank.

(Dr. Rank and Nora both go to bed together. The next morning Nora wakes up to find that Dr. Rank had died in his sleep.)

Second Act

In act 2, Torvald tells Nora he is letting Krogstad go to give Kristina a job. Nora begs Torvald not to let Krogstad go because she knows it could cause consequences for her. When Torvald was terribly ill Nora borrowed money from Krogstad. If Krogstad loses his job he would tell Torvald everything. Every time someone would come through the door, Nora would get paranoid that it was Krogstad coming to tell Torvald.
Also in act 2, a new love is found. Dr. Rank and Nora have a flirtatious conversation. In this conversation Dr. Rank admits his love for Nora. Nora flirtatious shows Dr. Rank her silk stockings, which just so happen to be flesh colored (what would Torvald think of this??). After this flirtatious conversation, Krogstad comes back and leaves the letter to Torvald, telling him everything. Could this lead to a terrible fate for Nora?

Act l Insight

As we began reading we saw that Nora is treated like a child. She is a grown woman with three children and she almost acts like one of them. Being babied her whole life its the only thing she really knows. Even today there are women who are spoiled/babied by their husbands. I know a woman who is a lot like Nora. Since shes a stay at home mom she spoiled and sheltered. Her husband supplies her everything she needs and she doesnt have to work for anything.
Nora is also being blackmaled by Krogstad. Since she borrowed money from him for her trip to Italy to save her husband's life she has to pay him back. She forged her fathers signature and Krogstad knows, but if he loses his job at the bank he'll tell about what Nora did. If I was being blackmaled, I'd probably do whatever I could to get rid of the person who was blackmaling me.
What would you do if you knew someone who babied or if you were being blackmaled?

A little background on A Doll's House

A Doll's House was written by Henrik Isben(1828-1906). Henrik Isben devoted most of his life to the theater. Isben went to Chrisitiania University and became the "theater poet." In 1857 he began directing the Norwegian Theater in Christiania. Isben left Norway and did not return for 30 years. He died in Christiania in May of 1906.

The play A Doll's house has the main characters Torvald, a laywer; Nora, Torvald's wife who gets treated like a child; Krogstad, the man Nora borrows money for Italy from and Dr. Rank who admires Nora and later dies at the end of the play. Mrs Linde is also a character in the play who is a good friend of Nora's. The whole play takes place in the Helmer's apartment. The main rooms it takes place in are the Ballroom and Torvald's study. The story takes place around christmas time. Mrs Linde tells Nora how her husband died and she needs a job. Nora asks her husband to give Mrs Linde a job at the bank.

Some symbols from the play are the black hat and black cross, Italy, the dollhouse, the christmas tree, the skylark and some others.

http://summarycentral.tripod.com/adollshouse.htm
http://www.theatredatabase.com/19th_century/henrik_ibsen_001.html