Streszczenie książki A Doll's House: A Play

The story in 8 parts

1. Key idea 1 · free to read

   A cheerful Christmas hides a quiet debt

   The play opens in a sunny mood. Nora Helmer sweeps in from her shopping with parcels in her arms. She pays the porter a shilling and tells him to keep the change. She orders the maid to hide the Christmas tree from the children. Then she eats a macaroon in secret and listens at her husband's door. Torvald calls out and greets her with pet names, my little lark, my little squirrel, my little spendthrift.

   Money is the first subject between them. Torvald is about to become manager of a bank, and Nora is delighted that this is the first Christmas without economizing. He reminds her that the salary will not come for a whole quarter. She says they can borrow until then. He calls her a featherhead and says a home built on debt has no freedom or beauty in it. Nora moves toward the stove and says as you wish.

   Listen to how he speaks to her. When he asks what she would like, she asks for money, to hang in gold paper on the tree. He says she is just like her father, who could never hold on to money. She lies to him about the macaroons, and he wags his finger like a man joking with a child. Nora lets him.

   A warm home can be held together by pet names, small lies and a debt nobody mentions.

2. 2

   An old friend arrives and Nora tells her secret

   The first caller is Christine Linde, an old school friend Nora has not seen for nine or ten years.

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3. 3

   Krogstad arrives holding a paper that can ruin her

   A man named Nils Krogstad calls at the house to see Torvald.

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4. 4

   Torvald's moral verdict closes every door for Nora

   As Act One ends, Torvald guesses that Krogstad has asked Nora to plead for him.

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5. 5

   Two men press her and the letter drops

   Now the pressure comes from two sides.

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6. 6

   Nora lives as a pet, and the roles are the trap

   The first great theme is how the Helmers' roles shape them.

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7. 7

   Honesty, money and law all pull against love

   The second theme is the clash between rules and feelings.

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8. 8

   One room, one clock and a hundred small signals

   Ibsen tells the story in a very tight form.

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