Even though Nora is not a narcissist, Torvald is. Throughout the play Torvald shows how much of a narcissist he really is, for example in Act III, after Helmer reads the letter from Krogstad about Nora’s debt he is very angry, but when he reads Krogstad’s new letter about how he will not hold Nora to her debt anymore, Torvald gets very excited and says, “I am saved!” (Ibsen, A Doll’s House 1206) and yet does not say anything to Nora about her being “saved” until she asks him if she is saved too because all he cares about is his image and his “honor” (Ibsen 1207). Torvald also shows how he is a narcissist in his actions; after the ball and Torvald and Nora are by themselves in their home, Torvald is admiring Nora’s beauty and he tells her,
