DH1.Questions+21-25

Nora asks for money from Torvald; while Torvald assumes that Nora is a spendthrift, in reality she often saves more than half the money and buys the “simplest and cheapest things” in order to repay her debt. She often has to “scrape together a little bit here and a little bit there”. Additionally, she finds “other ways of earning money” such as manually copying writing, in order to repay her debt.
 * 21. How has Nora managed her own finances to address her debts?**

It is important because the money earned from copying documents helps to pay back the loan she took from Krogstad in order to save her husband’s life when he was ill. Also, the amount of time she leaves to pay the money back, the more likely Torvald will find out about the loan, a situation she is scared of because of the crime of forgery she committed while signing the loan documents. Although she pictures a scenario where Torvald understands her decisions to take the loan and commit the crime, but she has doubts that it might ruin her relationship and her life in his household, thus making it important to pay back the loan.
 * 22. Why has Nora's work copying documents been so important?**

Nora does some copying work on the side, that her husband has no knowledge of. While it is good that she has her own source of income, this is also a potential threat to her marriage. Back then it looks very bad for a man’s wife to have her own job, and in the case of Torvald, his manly pride would surely be damaged if he were to know about her working. Because of this her job will potentially destabilize her otherwise good marriage with Torvald.
 * 23. What dangers exist in Nora's employment?**

Around this point of the play, Helmer is clearly the character with the most power. Not only does he have social power in the play to set rules for Nora (no eating macaroons) and the power to help Mrs. Linde with a job, he also has a figurative sense of power as he rarely asks for favors but rather demands/expects (not harshly, of course) for them instead.
 * 24. At this point in the play, where is the power allocated among Helmer, Nora, and Mrs. Linde?**

Krogstad is one of the main characters within the play, he is a lawyer who went to school with Torvald when they were younger and he also works for the bank that Torvald does. His role in the play is similar to that of an antagonist (however he is not necessarily a cruel antagonist), although he does not have a problem acting unethically either. Nora also borrowed money from Krogstad by forging a signature without telling her husband in order for them to travel so Torvald could get healthy again. It is this information that Krogstad uses against Nora in order to blackmail her so that she can convince Torvald to keep Krogstad at the bank.
 * 25. Who is Krogstad?**


 * DH1.Questions 26-30**