n the verge of greater income due to Torvald's promotion. In fact, comparing their present condition to the past, Nora says "It's almost like a miracle" (Ibsen 1324).
Ibsen is also successful in using Nora's expository comments
about the past (in the early part of the play) in stark contrast to her comments later in the play. For example, she says to Christine early in the play with respect to her married life, "Oh, these last eight years have been such a happy time for me!" (Ibsen 1325). Then, preparing to leave Torvald at the end of the play, she is asked by him if she hasn't been happy, and she answers, "No; never. I used to think I was; but I haven't ever been happy" (Ibsen 1368).
There is also a measure of success in seeing Nora's pride and joy in describing to Christine the secret gift she has given Torvald---the loan from Krogstad which she secured by forging her father's signature to the I.O.U.---and then comparing it to the gr
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