Money plays a large role in “A Doll House”, and is the main factor in many characters decisions. The differences in people's wealth causes an imbalance of power between them that can give the motivation to lie, deceive, or use their power in order to increase or maintain their influence at the detriment of those less fortunate. Nora’s loan, Mrs Linde needing money to care for her family, and Torvald’s new position at the bank as manager all create distance between characters in “A Doll House”. Nine years prior to the events that unfold in “A doll House” Nora took an illegal loan from Nils Krogstad, a lawyer at the town’s bank, for a substantial sum of money. While Nora did take the money to “save her husband’s life” she couldn’t tell said husband(1.415). Nora’s husband, Torvald, has a great aversion to debt and borrowing; “There can be no freedom or beauty about a homelife that depends on borrowing and debt“(1.21).
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Torvalds new position at the bank gives him “full authority… to make any necessary changes in personnel and procedure”, so Nora convinced him to use this power to find a job at the bank for Mrs Linde. Torvald plans to give Mrs Linde Krogstad’s job because “even though [he] hears he’s quite efficient on the job... he was a crony of [Torvald’s] back in [his] teens… [they’re] on first name basis…[and] it's been excruciating for [him]”(1.119). Torvald finds disrespectful that his old friend refers to him, his boss, in such a casual manner pushing. This attitude, despite Torvalds newfound power in their workplace, pushes Torvald to want to replace Krogstad, further distancing them; “[it] rules Krogstad right out at the bank as long as [Torvald] is manager”(2.115). Torvald views his new job as being much more important than the wellbeing of his former friends, yet this is what is disconnecting him from his
Torvalds new position at the bank gives him “full authority… to make any necessary changes in personnel and procedure”, so Nora convinced him to use this power to find a job at the bank for Mrs Linde. Torvald plans to give Mrs Linde Krogstad’s job because “even though [he] hears he’s quite efficient on the job... he was a crony of [Torvald’s] back in [his] teens… [they’re] on first name basis…[and] it's been excruciating for [him]”(1.119). Torvald finds disrespectful that his old friend refers to him, his boss, in such a casual manner pushing. This attitude, despite Torvalds newfound power in their workplace, pushes Torvald to want to replace Krogstad, further distancing them; “[it] rules Krogstad right out at the bank as long as [Torvald] is manager”(2.115). Torvald views his new job as being much more important than the wellbeing of his former friends, yet this is what is disconnecting him from his