Analyze how Christine Linde is a foil for Nora.

World Register : Henrik Ibsen : A Doll 's House " 16 May 2008 . UNESCO .org . 01 July 2009

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Goldman , Emma "The Emma Goldman s " 02 July 2003 . The Berkeley Digital Library SunSite . 01 July 2009

THE SCANDINAVIAN DRAMA : HENRIK IBSEN

A DOLL 'S HOUSE

IN "A Doll 's House " Ibsen returns to the subject so vital to him ,--the Social Lie and Duty ,--this time as manifesting themselves in the sacred institution of the home and in the position of woman in her gilded cage

Nora is the beloved , adored wife

of Torvald Helmer . He is an admirable man , rigidly honest , of high moral ideals , and passionately devoted to his wife and children . In short , a good man and an enviable husband Almost every mother would be proud of such a match for her daughter , and the latter would consider herself fortunate to become the wife of such a man

Nora , too , considers herself fortunate . Indeed , she worships her husband , believes in him implicitly , and is sure that if ever her safety should be menaced , Torvald , her idol , her god , would perform the miracle

When a woman loves as Nora does , nothing else matters least of all social , legal or moral considerations . Therefore , when her husband 's life is threatened , it is no effort , it is joy for Nora to forge her father 's name to a note and borrow 800 cronen on it , in to take her sick husband to Italy

In her eagerness to serve her husband , and in perfect innocence of the legal aspect of her act , she does not give the matter much thought except for her anxiety to shield him from any emergency that may call upon him to perform the miracle in her behalf . She works hard , and saves every penny of her pin-money to...