ly financially. Now she is on her own and looking for a job to support herself. Nora expresses her sympathies and promptly brags about Torvalds promotion at the bank. She is so excited at the importance of his job and more importantly the money that will begin to start pouring in. Nora thinks it will be wonderful not having to worry about money and being able to shop at any time for anything. Nora, Nora, havent you learnt any sense yet? In our school days you were a great spendthrift (Ibsen 8). Christine tries to point out to Nora that there are more important things in life to worry about besides money. Christine, a woman who has been forced to live in a hard world starts out patronizing Nora (Rogers 83). She believes Nora is living in a dream world, one that nothing can go wrong, instead of living in the real world where everything is not always so perfect. Christine understands that Nora has led a sheltered life for she was always taken care of, first by her husband and then by Torvald. Nora has never had her freedom like Christine; she always depended upon someone else. Christine on the other hand never really had life easy. She had to marry a man she did not love for the sake of money - in other words she too had her doll house (Hornby 99). For most of her life, Christine was responsible for someone. She never had the luxury of depending upon anyone and therefore became more cynical of the world. As Christine gets better acquainted with Nora she begins to realize that Nora is not what she seems; Instead her true inner feelings and thoughts are smothered by Torvalds domineering views. When Nora tells Christine about the money she borrowed, Christine does not understand because a woman is not allowed by law to borrow money. Nora answers humming and smiling with an air of mystery, Couldn't I? Why not? (Ibsen 12). Christine is shocked at this information and can not believe that Nora would defy her husband. ...
