Act 3 Continuation.

[CHILDREN run into the room, followed closely by NURSE]

Nurse: [Shooing them] Children, go back to your rooms! It's much past your bed time!

Children: Daddy, where is Mommy going?

Torvald: [After much deliberation] She will be gone for a while. She has some business to take care of. But she will be back soon enough. 

Nurse: Go back to bed now.

[CHILDREN run out of the room]

Nurse: Where did Nora go?

Torvald: [With a pained expression] She has left me...left us.  She says she needs to find herself and become independent.

Nurse: Did she say anything about coming back? About the children?

Torvald: She said the only way we could get back together is if we each changed so much that we could have a "real marriage".  

Nurse: And the children?

Torvald: [With a look towards the childrens' bedroom] She said that she was never a real mother and they are better off without her.

Nurse: [gasps] We have to go after her! She can't just leave her babies!

Torvald: There is no use.  I tried my best, but in the end it's her decision.  The only thing left for me to do is hope I can change, for her.

Nurse: What a concept! It must be a great challenge!

Torvald: Indeed it will.  But I must do it! There is no other way for me!

Nurse: You care that much?

Torvald: Why, of course I do! What would give you the notion that I don't?

Nurse: You didn't exactly show it in your every day interactions. Why, I imagine that's partially why she left!

Torvald: Excuse me! I don't need to take any of your nay-say.  I will do everything in my power to bring her back! I swear it.

Nurse: So be it, Mr. Helmer.

Alright here I am again.  I didn't really expect such an exponential growth of, just, everything happening all at once.  I am no longer shocked at the way Torvald talks to Nora and now I'm just annoyed.  It's becoming intolerable  Who talks like this, like, at all? It really isn't a proper couple.  I mean, Nora says herself "Torvald's so incredibly fond of me" .  This doesn't seem like a typical way to refer to you spouse. It's gotten to the point were its becoming excruciatingly painful to listen to them talk. Nora trying to convince Torvald to spare Krogstad was especially painful.  He simply refuses to take any advice and being very condescending and not very respectful.  So long as an obstinate little woman got her own way" is a line that especially bugged me.  

Nora and some other folks dancing and stuff

Dr. Rank's little confession was a very interesting point in this act.  His decision to finally admit this to her was probably a long time coming. Nora was being very flirty towards him too, probably leading him on.  His confession may have made him a bit disreputable to Nora though, or at least put her in shock. Do you think maybe Nora has feelings towards Rank? Or is that just the way she is with people?  I personally believe that there is nothing there, seeing as she wasn't too effected by the news of his life expectancy.  I would also like to know if you guys feel she will go through with her hinted at suicide attempt, or if things will all come to a happy ending? 

And as always, have a nice whatever.

-Gordon

This is some dramatic stuff and there are some things that need to be said. First of all, I dont see why she needed to raise the money to begin with. Her husband could of easily afforded it himself if it really was so life and death. Also, the forged signature that everyone is so shocks about isnt even that big of a deal. "Mrs. Helmer, you obviously dont realize what you've been guilty of." It seems a bit over the top. I guarantee at least one person you know has done it before for school or something. Why do they find it sp horrifying? And why is Krogstad trying to move on from the past so bad?

The relationship between Torvald and Nora is very interesting. I didn't realize they were married until Mrs. Santos pointed it out and it is a little weird. I understand the social norms of the time but it seems more like she is his child, which is not only weird but creepy. He talks down to her in such an annoying way. "So my little obstinate one's out of her depth..." This doesn't seem appropriate. Why does he talk to her like this when it seems no one else thinks of her as being that inferior?

I will be editing it later to add vocab words because I cant find my copy of the list and some pictures that are on my computer. Have a nice whatever.
-Gordon

Hello.  If you can't tell my name is Gordon and this here is a blog for English.  To be honest, I'm worried I won't be able to keep up with this, although I'll probably be fine. I guess I would say my favorite thing we did this year in English class was the video project cause I've always loved doing creative things like that.
First of all, that beard that Mr. Ibsen has is superb.  I envy his style.

"I won't cut my beard and I won't change my hair"

From what I've gathered, he seems do play around a lot with the roles of women, as shown in our activity today in class. That's some good timing. Clearly, the standards during the time of this play is different from know, seeing as he DIED almost a hundred and ten years ago.  From what I've read, Ibsen uses irony in his work, which I will look forward too because although I'm not too great at it, irony is entertaining to me. Interestingly, that song "Ironic" we listened to a while back was only ironic because it had no irony in it, despite the title. I own a song called "The Irony of Choking on a Lifesaver" which is pretty funny. The lyrical content doesn't relate to the title though, as with most of my music. I digress.

Based on the title, I immediately thought of a small child playing with dolls in a dollhouse.  I thought of them controlling the actions of the dolls and pairing them up.  So I inferred that the play would be about relationships and involve some controlling force.  Based on the information gathered on Ibsen, I can also infer it will focus on the women and their roles, possibly in their relationships. Of course, it will be hard to project this onto our current world, because it was written in 1879.

"I can't prove this makes any sense but I sure hope it does"
Have a nice whatever
-Gordon

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