Dr Rank Essay

Dr. Rank, this character appears in the story as one of the main characters; he takes part of the talks, along with Helmer, Nora, Krogstad and Mrs. Linde. However, at first reading, his role seems pointless and may disappear from the play without changing much the thought of it. This is what led me to analyze his characteristics and his relationship with content of the work, making me realize he is much more important than what it seems. Dr. Rank appears to the readers as a ordinary character in the life of the Helmers, while he was constantly in and out of the house without request. Also, he is totally in love with Nora, although he can only manifest it at the approach of his death. He is a health doctor who lives of the patient care. Moreover, according to him, in the story he suffers from a disease that was inherited by Rank’s father, because of the food he ate all through his life, and is attacking Rank’s dorsal spine. With regard to the disease, today it is known that there is no such with those characteristics, so most likely everything could be a product of his imagination. This would mean that Dr. Rank truly feels no attachment to life, because he is …show more content…
Rank lived alone in a house that must not have been found far from the Helmer’s house. I think he probably visited Nora’s house because he didn’t want to feel alone, Nora and Torvald must have been his only friends. I say this because throughout the story, these two people were the only people who maintained a friendly bond with him, so it was kind of natural that Dr. Rank has been in love with Nora and also that he said it until he knew about his death, for I can tell it could have damaged their friendship. He was not just one of those most present characters in the house; he perfectly knew the situation between Torvald and Nora’s marriage. And all this was shown in his last appearance in the play at the scene after Nora’s