Christina Linde, known as the “truth teller” from the novel A Doll’s House. works as the foil to Nora, the leading lady of the play. Christina highlights every weakness that Nora possesses just by being the polar opposite of her. Christina reflects Nora’s weaknesses throughout the novel with her humility, her need to work and care for someone, and especially through her desire to always speak the truth.
Christine’s compassion becomes very recognizable as her character introduces herself within the first few moments of the play. Christina shows her humility when she states,”My mother was alive then and was bedridden and helpless, and I had to provide for my two younger brothers; so I did not think I was justified I in refusing his offer” (Ibsen 8). She sacrificed everything,including the man she has fallen in love with, to marry another wealthier man to see that her family could survive. Meanwhile, Nora just sits on her small chair and continues to brag about how she “will have heaps and …show more content…
Christine begins as a woman alone and without any obligations to family; Nora has a dutiful husband and several children. While Christine has lived a life of toil and hardship, Nora has had it relatively easy, merely using her looks and flirtatious behavior to get what she wants. Although, Nora did briefly work a few odd jobs and skim from her allowance to make payments on her debt over the years, but that hardly compares to the sheer drudgery that Christine's life has been. One might assume since Christene’s obligations are no longer existent, she could live a more relaxed life.But as it would turn out Christene “only felt unspeakably empty” (Ibsen 9) and longed “ to find something which will busy me and occupy my thoughts” (Ibsen 9); thus showing the audience the comparison between a woman that actually works, and another woman that flirts and just wants credit for the miniscule jobs she
Christine’s compassion becomes very recognizable as her character introduces herself within the first few moments of the play. Christina shows her humility when she states,”My mother was alive then and was bedridden and helpless, and I had to provide for my two younger brothers; so I did not think I was justified I in refusing his offer” (Ibsen 8). She sacrificed everything,including the man she has fallen in love with, to marry another wealthier man to see that her family could survive. Meanwhile, Nora just sits on her small chair and continues to brag about how she “will have heaps and …show more content…
Christine begins as a woman alone and without any obligations to family; Nora has a dutiful husband and several children. While Christine has lived a life of toil and hardship, Nora has had it relatively easy, merely using her looks and flirtatious behavior to get what she wants. Although, Nora did briefly work a few odd jobs and skim from her allowance to make payments on her debt over the years, but that hardly compares to the sheer drudgery that Christine's life has been. One might assume since Christene’s obligations are no longer existent, she could live a more relaxed life.But as it would turn out Christene “only felt unspeakably empty” (Ibsen 9) and longed “ to find something which will busy me and occupy my thoughts” (Ibsen 9); thus showing the audience the comparison between a woman that actually works, and another woman that flirts and just wants credit for the miniscule jobs she