Linde offer to help Nora? She promises to reason with Krogstad about the harassment of Nora and her family. This implies that there could be a possibility of Mrs. Linden and Krogstads relationship being rekindled.
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Where is the Christmas tree at the beginning of Act II? In what condition is it? Ennui Mangiono. Kobbi Gal. Reginald D. Chris Masters. McKenna Means. Francesca Zappatore. Chirag J Pandya. At this point, Dr. Rank arrives. He has come, he says, to tell her that he has one more month left to live. When the final "horrors of dissolution" begin, he will send her a card marked with a black cross, for he intends to remain alone like a sick animal when it is time to die.
A victim of tuberculosis of the spine, Rank denounces the "inexorable retribution'' that innocent children must pay for their parent's excesses, and Nora covers her ears to prevent hearing the references to her own life and her own children. To avoid the serious talk, Nora chatters about her dress, flirtatiously showing Rank her silk stockings.
The doctor becomes serious again, expressing sorrow at being unable to leave her a token of gratitude for the friendship he enjoyed in this house. Nora, about to ask him to lend her money as a "big proof of friendship," never makes her request, for Rank responds to her hint with a passionate declaration of love. Nora rises and quietly calls the servant to bring them more light. As their conversation continues in the brightened room, she lapses into her former friendliness.
Rank points out that she seems even more relaxed in his company than with Torvald. Nora explains that "there are some people one loves best and others whom one would almost always rather have as companions. At this point, the maid hands her Krogstad's visiting card. Finding some pretext, Nora excuses herself from Dr. Rank and confronts the moneylender, who has just received Torvald's letter of dismissal. Krogstad informs Nora that he has no further interest in the money and will keep the bond in a gesture of blackmail.
With this weapon, he will have the power to make Torvald guarantee his employment at the bank and to eventually attain a higher position. Nora declares that her husband would never submit to such humiliation and hints she would rather sacrifice her life than have Torvald suffer blame for her crime. She is sure his protective nature would make him assume all the guilt, but Krogstad has a much lower opinion of Torvald's character.
Turning to go, he tells her that he is leaving a letter informing Torvald of the forgery. Nora listens breathlessly as the footsteps pass downstairs. As they pause, she hears something drop into the letterbox, then the steps gradually diminish. Returning to Christine, Nora tells of the forgery and the letter. She begs her friend to act as a witness "if anything should happen to me. But it is so terrible, Christine, it mustn't happen, not for all the world.
On the strength of their past love, she will ask him to recall the letter. Torvald is accustomed at this hour to read his mail, and Nora tries to distract him.
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