A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen

A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen

Storyboard Text

  • Slide: 1
  • Has my little spendthrift been wasting money again? - Torvald to Nora.
  • Nora Helmer
  • The play opens in the Helmer's living room, introducing Nora, her husband Torvald, and their three children. Nora is shown as a spendthrift, while Torvald is a newly promoted bank manager.
  • Slide: 2
  • It was like being a man
  • Mrs Linde
  • Nora's old school friend, Mrs. Linde, visits and Nora reveals that she secretly borrowed money to finance a trip to Italy to improve Torvald's health.
  • Slide: 3
  • Dr Rank
  • Dr Rank, a family friend, visits the Helmers.
  • Slide: 4
  • If I lose my position a second time, you shall lose yours with me
  • That trip was to save my husband's life; I couldn't give that up
  • Nils Krogstad, a bank employee, threatens to reveal Nora's secret debt and the fact that she forged her father's signature to get the loan.
  • Slide: 5
  • Nora tries to persuade Torvald to keep Krogstad in his job at the bank to prevent him from revealing her secret.
  • Slide: 6
  • On the way to the dinning room Rank and Torvald wisper to each other, and Mrs. Linde and Nora talk on th eway there as well.