DH1.Questions+46-50

The conversation between Helmer and Nora continues to demonstrate the little respect of woman during those times. Trovald continues to see Nora as a “doll”, “lark”, and “song-bird”, simply his plaything that he has control over. When Nora said, “I can’t hit upon anything that will do; everything Ithink of seems so silly and insignificant”.Helmer responds, “Does my little Nora acknowledge that at last?”. Helmer’s response has a disrespectful yet mocking tone, amused by his wife’s attempts to do something serious.
 * 46. Why does Ibsen include the conversation between Helmer and Nora about the fancy-dress ball?**

When Krogstad condemns Nora for her own forgery of the signature, everyone believes that she is the only one for doing so. However, when it was discovered that he has also committed a similar crime, the situation becomes pure irony. The man who blames Nora for committing forgery has also committed the same crime. He threatens her for exposing the crime and yet he has a similar situation himself.
 * 47. What is ironic about Krogstad's crime?**

Torvald condemns Krogstand as immoral for he did not openly confess his crimes and avoided receiving a proper punishment for the crime he committed (forgery). Torvald is furious that Krogstad has committed a series of crimes, lying, deceiving and cheating for an extended period of time rather than seriously reflecting on his first crime and confessing. Torvald says that Krogstad’s immorality would affect his surroundings in negative ways, especially his children.
 * 48. What does Helmer say about Krogstad's morals and current life?**


 * 49. What does Helmer say about mothers, and why is this ironic?**

Nora was afraid of corrupting her children. In reference to Krogstad’s “moral invalidity” of forging a signature in the past, Torvald elaborated on how such corruption would spread to children nearby. Nora, thinking of her own forgery and “moral invalidity”, was afraid of “corrupting” her own children, and hence rejected their return at the end of the act.
 * 50. Why does Nora reject the return of her children at the end of this act?**


 * DH1.Questions 51-54**