Rachael GayAnalysis of the dramatic text17 April 2014“Nora Helmer in A Doll's House”Inside Henrik Ibsen's masterpiece A Doll's House contains the complex character of Nora Helmer. Throughout the dramatic action of the play it is shown that within her marriage, Nora suffers emotional trauma at the hands of her husband that infantilizes her and misunderstands his motivations for doing things to save him and his family. Nora's super-goal lies in the struggle between the desire to keep her family together by any means possible and breaking away from her oppressive family life to find her independence. The plot of A Doll's House begins on Christmas Eve where Nora prepares for Christmas. Her old friend, Mrs. Linde, arrives and explains that her husband has died and that she needs to find a job. Nora agrees to ask her husband to give Linde a job at the bank. Nora tells her that she borrowed money from Krogstad to pay for her and her husband's trip to Italy. She explains that Torvald doesn't know he paid her. Later, Nora asks Torvald again not to fire Krogstad because if he is fired he will tell Torvald how he lent Nora the money, but Torvald refuses. Then Dr. Rank comes in and tells Nora about his worsening illness and Rank tells Nora that he loves her. After Rank leaves, Krogstad comes in, angry at his dismissal and leaves a letter for Torvald explaining Nora's entire crime in the letterbox. Nora tells all this to Mrs. Linde who then explains to Krogstad that she left him for money, but that she still loves him. They get back together and Krogstad decides to forget the whole issue of loaning Nora money. Later, Torvald checks his letterbox and finds some letters and two business cards from D...... in the center of the card ......character development depicted through patterns and colors. The lighting design would also be interesting. Shadows are an aspect of design that could be used in interesting ways, especially in thematically darker moments of the play. A director would have a lot of fun with Nora and A Doll's House. Nora's scenes are full of disorder, inconsistency, unresolved questions and desires. Directing this play would give a director a lot of difficult, deep, content to work with. And since Nora is present in the majority of scenes, the potential to explore her character within them is seemingly limitless. In conclusion, the character of Nora Helmer from Henrik Ibsen's A Doll House is a fascinating and multifaceted character whose rich characterization offers significant meaning. amount of depth for actors, directors, designers and audience members to explore.