Entry #7

In this entry I am to tell what is the primary motivation of the protagonist and antagonist of this book. Firstly I would like to say that it is kind of hard to tell which characters are protagonist and which are antogonist, since it is not quite clear. The protagonist to me is Nora and Christine, since they are the victims of their society and they try to break free from this regime. The antagonist in this play are Helmer, Krogstad and Dr.Rank and in the next paragraph I will explain why.

So why do I see Helmer, Krogstad and Dr.Rank as antagonists? Since they are the men in this play. They live in society where women are opressed and they are part of this. They do not do anything to change it and in fact, Helmer is quite happy with the way he behaves to his wife, Nora. Dr.Rank is antagonist as well, since he is silently watching this and does not do anything. He sees how Helmer behaves to Nora and accepts that... And Krogstad? He is antagonist since the life and society made him to be like that. Maybe deep inside he is a good person, but in this book it is not much clear.

The motivation of the protagonists (Nora, Christine) is the society. They want to break free from it and live their own lives where noone judges them only cause they are women. The only thing they ever cared for was their relatives and they did everything to keep them save. But as soon as they realized (especialy Nora) that their feeling are not mutual, they want to be free, but unfortunately for them it is not possible ... They would have to live in another time or another place, where women are more respected.