"Doll House": a brief summary. "Puppet House" - Henrik Ibsen's play

Consider the play created by Ibsen in 1879. We describe its brief content. "Puppet House" is the work in question. The action of this play takes place in Norway, modern Ibsen. Inexpensive furnished and cozy apartment Torvald Helmer, a lawyer, as well as Nora, his wife, appears before us in the play "Doll House." The summary of the chapters of this work begins as follows.

Preparing for Christmas

From the street into the house enters Nora, which brings a lot of boxes with her. These are gifts for Torvald and the children at the Christmas tree. The husband around his wife loves fussily, accuses her - his butterfly, squirrel, lark, chrysalis, bird - in forking. But Nora protests that this Christmas they will not be hurt by a bit of forethought, since Helmer starts to act as the bank's director from the new year, and they will not save on everything as in the past.

What did Helmer Nora do?

Nora and after the birth of 3 children remains a beauty. Helmer, after courting her, retires to her office. Frou Linde, an old friend of Nora, enters the living room. She just got off the steamer. Long time no see the woman - almost 8 years, and a friend for this time buried her husband, with whom the marriage was childless. And Nora, it would seem, carelessly flits through life. But this is not so. In the first year of marriage, when her husband left the ministry, he was forced, in addition to his main job, to take business papers at home and sit over them until late in the evening. As a result, Helmer fell ill. Doctors said that only the southern climate can save him. They spent the whole year in Italy with the whole family. A fairly large amount, necessary for the trip, Nora took allegedly from her father. However, in fact, she was helped by one gentleman. Nora got them under a loan receipt and now pays regularly interest, secretly from her husband's work-in-progress.

Plans fru Linde from the play "Doll House"

The summary of the actions sequentially reveals the events of the work. Ibsen goes on to say that Frou Linde wants to settle in their city again. Helmer, probably, it can arrange in a bank at home. He is now staffed and in the office he talks with Krogstad, his attorney, whom he wants to fire. The place is thus freed. It turns out that Fru Linde is a little familiar with Krogstad.

Krogstad's dismissal

Helmer really fires him. This event continues the summary of the play "Doll House". Nora's husband does not like people whose reputation is soaked. Krogstad in his time (Helmer studied with him together) made a forgery. He forged the signature on the money document. However, the court could avoid, wriggling out of a difficult situation. Uncorrupted vice, according to Helmer, sows the seeds of decomposition around. People like Krogstad should be prohibited from having children. After all of them only criminals will grow up with such a tutor.

Request of Krogstad

However, it turns out that Nora made forgery. On a loan letter to her who gave her money to Italy Krogstad she forged the signature of her father, whom she could not address, because he was lying at that time at death. The document, moreover, is dated the day when Norah's father could not sign it, because he had already died by that time. Krogstad, driven from his job, asks Norah to support him, because he has proved himself to be excellent in the bank. Now all his cards have confused the appointment of a new director.

The threats of the former attorney

Not only for the dark past, Helmer wants to dismiss him, but also because he called him "you" several times in his old memory. Nora asks her husband for Krogstad, but her husband, who does not take her seriously, refuses. Then Norah threatens to expose Krogstad. He says that he will tell Helmer where she got money for traveling to Italy. Her husband also learns about the forgery she has committed. And this time, nothing from Nora having achieved, Krogstad blackmails both spouses. Helmer, he sends a letter containing a direct threat - if the story comes out with the forgery of his wife, he can not resist being the director of the bank.

History with Dr. Rankom

We continue to describe the summary. "Doll House" is already approaching the finale, which is very interesting. Nora rushes, looking for a way out. She first flirts with Dr. Rank, a friend of the family. He secretly in love with her, but is doomed to death - the doctor has hereditary syphilis. For the sake of Norah Rank is ready for anything. He offers her money, but it turns out that Krogstad wants something else. Tragically ends the story of Dr. Rank. Helmers receive a postcard from him with a black cross, which means that Rank has locked himself at home and does not accept anyone else: he will die there, not frightening his kind of friends.

What is Nora to do? Exposure and disgrace frighten her, it's better to commit suicide! However, Krogstad warns that it is pointless to commit suicide, because her memory will be disgraced in this case.

The help, which came from Frou Linde

From an unexpected side comes help - from Frou Linde, Nora's girlfriend. It is explained at a decisive moment with Krogstad. The fact is that they were associated in the past with love, but Frou Linde married another because she had two younger brothers and an old mother in her arms, and in Krogstad the financial situation was fragile. Frou Linde is now free: her husband and mother have died, and the brothers have risen to their feet. Now she is ready to marry Krogstad. He is delighted that his life is gradually improving. He finally finds a faithful person, and love. Krogstad refuses to blackmail. However, it's too late - his letter is in Helmer's mailbox. And Krogstad decides: the way Nora learns that Helmer, with his prejudices and sanctimonious morality, stands really.

Behavior Helmer after reading the letter

After reading the letter, Nora's husband almost beats in hysterics from the righteous anger that has engulfed him. Let's describe briefly his thoughts and emotions, making a brief summary. "Doll House", I must say, is a work with a very tense conflict.

Helmer is indignant. Is his wife a criminal? It is because of her that the family's well-being has broken up! They can not get rid of the demands of Krogstad for the rest of the days! Nora's husband decides that he will not allow his wife to spoil the children. They will henceforth be given to the nurse in charge. Helmer, for the sake of observing external decorum, will allow his wife to stay in the house, but they will now live separately.

Nora's decision

The messenger at this moment brings a letter from Krogstad, the character of the play "Doll House". The summary is the following: it says that he refuses his claims and returns a loan. Helmer's mood changes instantly. Everything will be as before! However, Nora, which he used to consider an obedient toy, suddenly rebels. She decides to leave the house. To her used to treat as a doll, which is nice to caress. Nora knew this before, but she loved her husband and therefore forgave him. But now the matter is different. Nora hoped for a miracle, that, as a loving husband, Helmer would take upon herself her guilt. Now she does not like her husband, as Helmer did not like her before. They are strangers. And still live means to commit adultery, to sell oneself for money and convenience.

Helmer stuns Nora's decision to leave the "doll house." The summary of the play does not stop in detail on the feelings of the characters. However, we note that Helmer is quite clever in order to understand that her feelings and words are serious. He hopes that the spouse will change his mind, and they will some day reunite. Helmer is ready to do everything to make this happen. However, Nora's decision is final.

This concludes the drama "Doll House", the summary of which you just read. We recommend reading the text in the original - the product is small by volume. After all, the artistic features of the play can not convey its concise content. "Doll house", of course, is worth it to get acquainted with it in the original.