I have felt that after reading Act 1 that Nora’s husband Torvald   treats her like a younger sibling than a wife. Throughout the entire act he refers her as pet names, “Has my featherbrain been out wasting money again?” (pg. 148) and I learned that he doesn’t like spending a lot of money or even borrowing it. Nora has a constant struggle between telling her husband a huge secret and how she manages with the lie, which physically and emotionally hurts her. In my opinion, Nora should have told Helmer a long time ago, but if she holds it in any longer the truth is going to come out eventually. I can also relate this through text to self because once I had held in something for so long and I realized after a while it really affects you. I now know that if you have an issue its best that you let someone know right off the bat. Another quote that also describes Helmer and Nora’s relationship is when he suspects that Nora has been to the bakery, “Didn’t little sweet-tooth just look in at the confectioners?” (pg. 151) After I learned that Nora likes macaroons and that she denies being there even though she was.

I was also introduced to Krogstad who is a bank manager that frequently visits the Helmer’s. I also learned that he forged his signature on a bank note just as Nora did to save her husband’s life. Torvald says in response to what he did was “In a house like that, every breath that the children take is filled with germs of evil.” (pg. 179) and if Nora was to tell her husband what she did in response to his actions she could put herself in a lot of trouble. At the end of the first Act, Nora doesn’t trust herself around her children. I also have a few questions, what Nora did to save Torvald was the only way or was there other methods? And, Did Nora really understand the consequences of forging her signature and working a side job that her husband didn’t even know about? But overall I felt that reading this I really enjoyed the play so far.