Linde: Come, come-
Nora: - that I have gone through nothing in this world of cares.
Mrs. Linde: But my dear Nora, you have just told me all your troubles.
Nora: Pooh! -- those were trifles (lowering her voice) I have not told you the important thing (20).
We see Torvald's side of the deception in Act Three after he learns of Nora's forgery and Krogstad's ability to expose her. The conversations Thorvald has had during the previous two Acts show us that he is really only attracted to Nora because of her beauty and the social status that will glean him in society. He notes, "From now on, forget happiness. Now it's just about saving the remains, the wreckage, the appearance," showing us that all he really cares about it he own social status and reputation, naught for Nora. Essentially, Nora's forgery is the epitome of their disenfranchised and deceitful marriage -- Nora's forgery proves Torvald not to be the fine, upstanding businessman he purports to be, but instead, a weak and immoral man that would rather hide than take responsibility. For instance, Nora states with an exasperated tone, "We have been married eight years. Doe it not strike you that this is the first time we two, you and I, man and wife, have talked together seriously?" (116).
Nevertheless, we should not just blame Torvald for the deception. Nora deceives as well, as we have seen,...
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