A Doll's House Act II, Shaquesha Smith

In the II act in the play A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen the first thing I noticed was the mood is completely different. It went from being easy going to suspenseful. I wasn't worried about what was going to happen to Nora because she has this influence on people. I assumed she would find a way to fix what she did but in act II things just get worse for her. As Nora says "Of course he can't be serious about it. I have three little children." (1141). Nora is talking about the visit she had with Krogstad in act I when he threatened to tell her husband about the loan and take the note to court. Another interesting thing that happens towards the end of act II is when Dr. Rank confesses his love for Nora as Dr. Rank says "To love you just as much as somebody else does? Is that so horrible?" (1149). I find this very interesting because in earlier pages Mrs. Linde thinks Dr. Rank and Nora are involved as Mrs. Linde says "You'd better stop all this with doctor Rank." (1143).