I read the third act of the play A Doll's House. In this act Kristine tells Krogstad that she only married her husband because she had no other means to support her sick mother and young siblings. Al so that she has come back because she loves him. Krogstad is moved and offers to take back his letter to Torvald. However, Kristine decides that Torvald should know the truth for the sake of his and Nora's marriage. After Torvald and Nora come home from the party, Dr. Rank follows them and tells them that he thinks his death is near. Then Torvald looks at the mail and reads Krogstad's letter. Then Torvald berates Nora, calling her a dishonest and immoral woman and telling her she is unfit to raise their children. He says that from now on their marriage will be only a matter of appearances. Then krogstad says that he is sorry and that he takes it back so Torvald told Nora he forgives her. Nora tells Torvald that she is leaving him to live alone so she can find out who she is and what she believes and decide what to do with her life. She says she has been treated like a doll to play with, first by her father and then by him.
My personal reaction to this reading is that I was happy that Nora finally stood up for herself. Torvald should have never reacted that way towards her becasue she was only doing it because she loved him. He should have only been mad at Krogstad.
I think the authors intent was to show how strong really are, and all the things they have to do for the people that they love and what they are will to do and go through. The patterns of organization that I observed was chronological order.
I like your summary to that part of the paly. who wrote the play though? This story reminds of that movie I had watched when I in middle school. Can't remember the name though but it had the same plot to what you had wrote about right now.
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