A Doll House. Torvald Qualities
Does Torvald have redeeming qualities? Yes he does. Torvald is a lawyer, meaning he’s wealthy. It’s very obvious that he loves his wife Nora; he gives her whatever she wants within reason and is a great provider. Nora, in my opinion is what we call a “gold digger” now and days. She’s is constantly asking for money from her husband Torvald and spending it on things that she honestly doesn’t need, she just likes money. Nora’s running over him and he is completely blind to see it. In Act 1, it’s made clear that Torvald has redeeming qualities. In the story it is Christmas, the glorious holiday season. Torvald is all about keeping his wife happy as it seems, Nora wants an extravagant Christmas this year. He isn’t too fond of the idea, he tells her they don’t have money to waste, yet she insists his salary is large and they could always borrow. Torvald called her irresponsible. Of course he wants her to be happy, but poor torvald is failing miserably to realize that Nora is very materialistic. He has good intentions, but he’s a little dumb founded to what his wife is trying to do. He caves in and gives her money just like she wanted; he gave her forty dollars, not even ten minutes later she was asking for more. Torvald said to her “You’re always looking for ways to get money, but as soon as you do, it runs through your fingers and you can never say what you spent it for.” Yet he still continues to give her what she wants. I myself would have to put Torvald in the category of being weak. He doesn’t really seem to have much of a back bone when it comes to Nora and her constant wants and demands. Another prime example of his redeeming qualities, he is ready and willing to please Nora, he’ll do anything to keep a smile on her face, he truly does mean well, but he lacks common sense severely. Then, Torvald made a decision to fire Krogstad, Nora completely flipped out, supposedly she was scared that he’ll write terrible things about Torvald in the newspaper. Nora’s