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A Doll s House 23
never doubting Torvald for a moment. Indeed,
so absolutely sure is she of her strong oak, her
lord, her god, that she would rather kill herself
than have him take the blame for her act. The
end comes, and with it the doll s house tumbles
down, and Nora discards her doll s dress she
sheds her skin, as it were. Torvald Helmer
proves himself a petty Philistine, a bully and a
coward, as so many good husbands when they
throw off their respectable cloak.
Helmer s rage over Nora s crime subsides the
moment the danger of publicity is averted prov
ing that Helmer, like many a moralist, is not so
much incensed at Nora s offense as by the fear
of being found out. Not so Nora. Finding out
is her salvation. It is then that she realizes how
much she has been wronged, that she is only a
plaything, a doll to Helmer. In her disillusion
ment she says,
"
You have never loved me. You
only thought it amusing to be in love with me."
Helmer. Why, Nora, what a thing to say!
Nora. Yes, it is so, Torvald. While I was at home
with father he used to tell me all his opinions and I
held the same opinions. If I had others I concealed them,
because he would not have liked it. He used to call me
his doll child, and play with me as I played with my
dolls. Then I came to live in your house ... I
mean I passed from father s hands into yours. You
settled everything according to your taste; and I got the
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