A Doll's House: Act One | a doll's house act 1
SummaryFromtheentranceofNora’schildrentotheendofActOne. Thenanny,Anne-Marie,enterswithNora’sthreechildren,andNora[1]andthechildrenplayhappily.Krogstad[2]entersandstartlesNora,whoscreams.Heapologizesandsaysthatthedoorwasopen,andNorarepliesthatTorvald[3]isnotathome.Krogstadsaysthathehascometotalkwithher,notwithTorvald.HeaskswhetherthewomanwalkingwithTorvaldisMrs.Linde[4],andNorarespondsintheaffirmative.WhenKrogstadexplainsthatheusedtoknowMrs.Linde,Noratellshimthatshealreadyknew,andKrogstadsays...
Summary From the entrance of Nora’s children to the end of Act One.
The nanny, Anne-Marie, enters with Nora’s three children, and Nora [1]and the children play happily. Krogstad [2]enters and startles Nora, who screams. He apologizes and says that the door was open, and Nora replies that Torvald [3]is not at home. Krogstad says that he has come to talk with her, not with Torvald. He asks whether the woman walking with Torvald is Mrs. Linde[4], and Nora responds in the affirmative. When Krogstad explains that he used to know Mrs. Linde, Nora tells him that she already knew, and Krogstad says that he assumed that she did. He then asks if the bank will employ Mrs. Linde, and Nora brags that it will because, even though she is a woman, Nora has a great deal of influence over her husband.
Krogstad then requests that Nora use her influence on his behalf. Nora is bewildered, because she does not know why Krogstad’s position at the bank would be in jeopardy....