Alternate Ending

Act III Alternate Ending (A couple months after Nora leaves Helmer.)

(Nora is starting her new life at an apartment away from Helmer. She is home when she gets an envelope from the deceased Dr. Rank. In the envelope it contains thousands of dollars.)

Nora: Oh my gosh! Why would Rank leave me all this money!? Did he really love me that much!?

(Nora writes a letter to Mrs. Linde and Krogstad to come see her immediately. Nora is good friends with both Mrs. Linde and Krogstad after she leaves Helmer. She thanks Krogstad for the blessing in-disguise he helped her achieve.)

[Mrs. Linde and Krogstad arrive at Noras' new apartment.]

[Knocking on door, Nora goes to answer it.]

Mrs. Linde: Hello Nora, how nice to see you! How have things been since leaving Helmer?

Nora: Things have been fabulous! I am starting to discover myself more and more. The reason I asked you and Krogstad to come over is because I received an envelope containing Dr. Rank's life savings. 

Krogstad: Don't be alarmed Nora. When you and I were arguing over the letter I left Helmer, Dr. Rank over heard us talking. After I left Rank and I talked about you and he told me he would leave you the money after he died.

Nora: Dear god! Why wouldn't you say something Nils?! I have this poor mans money that has passed away.

Mrs. Linde: Don't worry Nora, he would of wanted you to have it. He really did have a secret crush for you.

[Nora getting a tissue to wipe her tears.]

Nora: Wow I am in shock. I don't know what to do with this money. I am not the little skylark I once was. I will not go blow it away shopping.

Mrs. Linde: I have an idea Nora honey.

Nora: What is it Kristina?

Mrs. Linde: Well rumor going around town is that Helmer is having a hard time raising the kids because he fired the Nurse and Maid and is having trouble raising the kids correctly.

Krogstad: Yes I have heard the same thing.

Nora: Oh Jesus, how terrible! Do you think if I wrote him a letter he would let me have custody of the children?

Mrs. Linde: Go for it Nora, it doesn't hurt to try! 

(Nora writes a letter to Helmer convincing him to let her have custody of the children. He still wants Nora back but she refuses. Helmer is now becoming depressed he has lost his family because he is too controlling. Helmer continues his job at the bank and starts up a relationship with his secretary.)
[Mrs. Linde and Krogstad leave and the children arrive at Nora's new apartment.]

Children: We've missed you so much mommy! 

Nora: I've missed you guys more! You are all going to be staying here for a long time, I now have the money to support you guys without your fathers help. 

(Nora and her children are going to live happily ever after while Helmer's future is not bright. Mrs. Linde and Krogstad also will live happily and will continue to visit Nora and the children.)

Act II Analysis

Act II Analysis

   

    After reading Act II we are all anxiously waiting to finish "A Doll's House". Act II opens up with Mrs .Linde  thinking Nora has borrowed the money from Dr. Rank but us readers know she borrowed it from the disreputable Krogstad. I think it was fortunate for Nora that Mrs. Linde found out the truth because she got help on the predicament she was in. Mrs. Linde just happened to be old lovers with Krogstad so therefore she could 'help' Nora. I found it ironic how Helmer and Krogstad used to be old friends too, this is a reason why he cannot go back on his word of firing Krogstad.

    A major thing we find out in Act II is that Dr. Rank confesses his secret love for Nora and since he confessed his love for her, she did not want to ask him for a favor and take advantage of him. I'm surprised Nora did not take advantage of him because usually she tries to get any money she can get her hands on. When Nora was talking about dancing the tarantella she was flirting back with Dr. Rank, Nora says "and tomorrow you will see how beau- tifully I shall dance, and you can imagine I am doing it all for you—and for Torvald too, of course"(Ibsen). Nora is acting like such a little thottie in this scene.(T/T) At the end of Act II Nora says "thirty-one hours to live"(Ibsen 206). Nora is going to kill herself! Do you agree with her choice!?

    In the beginning of Act III Mrs. Linde says "There was a time when he would gladly do any- thing for my sake"(Ibsen 202). Us readers think Mrs. Linde is somehow going to persuade Krogstad in a jauntily manner to help Nora out. Although we find out that she actually backstabbed her so called 'best friend'! How do you guys feel and did you think Mrs. Linde was going to do this to her friend? It is so ironic how Nora is helping Mrs. Linde get a job while Mrs. Linde is throwing Nora under the bus (T/W). You never no who you could trust!

Act I Analysis

    Act I is now over and I can not wait to finish reading the rest of this book. We now have a general idea about "A Doll's House". As Act I opens up we meet the characters and find out what they are all about.  Helmer and Nora are a married couple, Helmer is the bread winner while Nora just feeds off of Helmers' money. Even though Nora is Helmers' wife she acts as his daughter and he treats her as one, "Is that my little skylark twittering out there?". Nora is a women with many lies. Nora is truly a scatterbrain who squanders her husbands money and lies to protect her family name and save Helmers life.

    We meet Nora's childhood friend Mrs.Linde, who is a widow who has been left nothing and has came back to get job from Helmer. Nora says to Mrs.Linde, "Oh, how thoughtless of me! Here I am, chattering away dear sweet Kristina, can you ever forgive me?"(T/W), this shows that Nora is very conceited. Dr. Rank is a close family friend who has a physical ailment, I feel that Dr. Rank and Nora will start to catch feelings for each other. Krogstad is that last major character we meet in Act I. Krogstad is known as a degenerate. He is a widowed layer with a bad reputation because he forged a signature.

    Krogstad is not the only one who has forged a signature. A major thing we find out is that Nora forged her fathers signature to pay for Helmers trip to Italy. Nora borrowed the money from Krogstad and now Krogstad is blackmailing her because he wants a better job at the bank. Nora is now paranoid that Krogstad will let out her big secret. Helmer is not fond of Krogstad at all he says "An atmosphere of lies like that infects and poisons the whole life of a home. In a house like that, every breath that the children take is filled with the germs of evil."(T/W). 

    Nora becomes even more paranoid then before and doesn't want to see her children because she is afraid she will corrupt them. If I was Nora I would kill Krogstad so my secret would not get out. I feel that Krogstad will tell Helmer Noras' secret and it will create a conflict between Nora and Helmer. What do you guys think will happen in the following Acts?

 Leave your comments below. I hope this is an analyze and not a summary because I feel that they are basically the same thing :)

Henrik Ibsen

Dante Fusaro
Mrs Santos
English II
2 March 2014

         My name is Dante Fusaro and I'm a sophomore at Bloomfield High School. I am 16 years young. I am in Mrs.Santos' and Ms.Pettigrew's 5th period class, which I enjoy because our class period is funny. I like to watch and play sports. I also like to hang out with my friends and family. The thing I like most this year is reading the book "The Alchemist'.

Henrik Ibsen

        

        Henrik Johan Ibsen was born in Skien Norway on March 20th, 1828.  Henrik's family was poor and he was the oldest child of 5 siblings. At the age of 15 Ibsen stopped attending school and started to work. In 1862 Henrik was exiled from Norway and settled in Italy. Ibsen started to wright many plays. One of his most famous plays is "A Doll's House" which we are going to start reading soon. Ibsen went back to Norway in 1891. Henrik Ibsen was married to Suzannah Daae Thoresen and had one child. In 1900 Ibsen suffered from many strokes, which made him unable to write. Henrik Ibsen died on May 23, 1906 in Norway. Ibsen lived a meaningful life. 

      I believe "A Doll's House" will be about a family. I think this because of the poverty struck family Henrik grew up in. I think he will write about what it is like to grow up in a poor family. I believe this play will focus on a dolls house.

URL: http://www.biography.com/people/henrik-ibsen-37014?page=1