Wednesday, May 27, 2009

ACT III: my disapointed reaction

At the end of Act III, everything we’ve all been waiting for happened. Throughout the whole play Nora’s secret was like a house of cards. The slightest thing could bring it all down. Due to Nora’s mistakes it came down like an avalanche. In the beginning you Helmer and Nora attend a tarantella and in the mean time Mrs. Linde and Krogstad are talking. Mrs. Linde agreed to help Nora by convincing Krogstad to take out the letter revealing her secret. Mrs. Linde and Krogstad have had a past relationship so it was a wise idea for Mrs. Linde to be the one to talk to them. During their conversation they have chemistry between them and you notice old feelings arising. Mrs. Linde then decides for Krogstad to leave the letter alone so Nora is forced to do the right thing. Their relationship is summed up by her choice proving that doing the right thing was more important to her than Nora.
Before I talk about Nora's and Helmer's final act I just want to say this was the most difficult to explain how I felt about this so I just summed it up the easiest way possible so sorry for the lack of my facinating analyse, I just couldn't find the right words =(. Finally Helmer and Nora return and this is the party everyone has waiting for. Like I mentioned before this whole story is like a soap opera this is finally heading to it’s finally. The anticipation keeps you waiting at the edge of your seat because I’m sure everyone wanted to see Nora get caught in a lie. During the story Nora comes up with any evasion with Helmer to keep him from opening his letters. The letter is a grand symbol in the story because it represents the breaking point in Helmer’s and Nora’s relationship, so every page your questioning yourself if Helmer will finally see the letter. Helmer opens the letter and all hell breaks lose. He is distraught by the news and accuses Nora of ruining his future, which insane because he has always shown his love for her. Like a huge plot twist in almost every soap opera show, Nora begins to express her self in the most horrid way. Her words she used to Helmer make her a hypocrite in many ways. She takes back everything she felt about Helmer and says she doesn’t love him anymore. Helmer is heartbroken and pleads her to stay. She had made up her mind and decides to leave and says she cannot live with a stranger. So basically she willing to give up everything she had because of a selfish outlook of how she wants her life to be. It’s a unhappy ending when she gives up all her morals as a mother and wife just because of she realizes after all these years its not okay to be treated like that. That is why I was always harsh against Nora, only because at the end of the story she just begins to think its bad to be treated like a child and gives up her whole life for herself. How selfish is that? Leaving Helmer is little compared to leaving her kids. I could go on forever how I truly thought of the last part but at the end, the story was fun to read and witnessing how everything folded out was interesting. I'm a little disappointed with the ending only because of how selfish Nora was. I was expecting Helmer to act that angry, but Nora's final act was it for me, I hated how she became at the end. If you ask me the whole thing was her fault no matter how everyone treated her. It was a little late to wait years to decide that you want to be independent.
Well I really don't know how to end my last blog (which was my least favorite out of the other two blogs) for "A Doll's House" so I'll just say it was fun and I plan on putting more blogs up for future events.

1 comment:

  1. Ummmm Nels u look lyk u were writing a book there buddy lol but great job Nels! And yeah i agree with you that the last Act was dissappointing, but it was worthwhile wouldn't you say?

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