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A Doll's House Characters
Title: A Doll's House Characters
Category: Literature
Details: Words: 1010 | Pages: 4.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
A Doll's House Characters
Krogstad (In-Depth Analysis)
Krogstad is the antagonist in A Doll's House, but he is not necessarily a villain. Though his willingness to allow Nora's torment to continue is cruel, Krogstad is not without sympathy for her. As he says, "Even money-lenders, hacks, well, a man like me, can have a little of what you call feeling, you know." He visits Nora to check on her, and he discourages her from committing suicide. Moreover, Krogstad has reasonable motives for behaving as he does: he wants to …showed first 85 words of 1010 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 1010 total…unaware that her life is at odds with her true personality. She defies Torvald in small yet meaningful ways--by eating macaroons and then lying to him about it, for instance. She also swears, apparently just for the pleasure she derives from the minor rebellion against societal standards. As the drama unfolds, and as Nora's awareness of the truth about her life grows, her need for rebellion escalates. This need culminates in her walking out on her husband and children in order to find independence.
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