In the last act, there is the final appearance of Torvald’s true self. After Nora does her Tarantella, he can’t wait to “look at his richest treasure” (896). But then, after a discussion and a letter, love is no longer on his mind, but that she has “wrecked all of his happiness” (900). And then, not long after that, he finds out that he “is saved” and is back to telling her that he “has saved her” and that everything is fine (902). If he truly loved her, he would have still gotten angry, but he would have tried to find common ground instead of taking the protector role again. The fact that he was willing to forgive her after he found out that his honor was still intact gives a sense that he was indeed very selfish. In the modern world he would be considered selfish and
In the last act, there is the final appearance of Torvald’s true self. After Nora does her Tarantella, he can’t wait to “look at his richest treasure” (896). But then, after a discussion and a letter, love is no longer on his mind, but that she has “wrecked all of his happiness” (900). And then, not long after that, he finds out that he “is saved” and is back to telling her that he “has saved her” and that everything is fine (902). If he truly loved her, he would have still gotten angry, but he would have tried to find common ground instead of taking the protector role again. The fact that he was willing to forgive her after he found out that his honor was still intact gives a sense that he was indeed very selfish. In the modern world he would be considered selfish and