Act I: my perception

Act I
The very beginning of the play sets the tone for the entire story. Nora prances through buying macaroons and telling the merchant to keep the change, from the beginning you can tell she doesn’t care about squandering. Nora has a bad habit spending all her husband’s money and asking for more later on. In the play she is always asking Torvald for money and spends it the second she gets it. Around him she acts as a helpless lady that “needs” him. Although you later find out she has done many things on her own and not as helpless as everyone thinks. She is very “proud” of her husband and her children who she treats as little toys of her own. Torvald, Nora’s husband, treats her as if she was a young lady. He gives her money to spend knowingly she’s going to spend it quickly and throws in a joke or two on how she loves to use money. Torvald doesn’t like her squandering but allows it to happen because he is deeply in love with her.
The other characters in the play also have a strong impact on Nora and Torvald. Ms. Linde, Nora’s friend, is an out of work woman who is seeking help. Nora uses her as an excuse to express how happy she is about her life and how “perfect” it is. Ms. Linde taunts Nora about her money spending and is a little green with envy. Krogstad, Torvald’s employee, is not a fan of Nora’s when he finds out she forged her dad’s papers. He seems like a bitter man has some secrets of his own. The story so far reminds me of a bad soap opera, you can tell every character has some sort of secret and is bound to reveal itself sooner or later. It could happen to any group of people, where they all have something to hide and would never want each other to know. Nora has kept her secret of saving Torvalds life away from him to protect his feelings. Everyone would do something like that for a friend to prevent their feelings from being hurt.