Ranking the Characters (A Doll’s House)

Surname 1
Name
Institution
Course
Date
Ranking the Characters (A Doll’s House)
Ranking (starting with the
least morally offensive)
Justification Basis/implied evidence to
make this
“judgment”/decision
1. Kristine Kristine Linde is a
hardworking woman and she
seeks a job so that she can
be able to live
independently. She also
believes in honesty which is
a great virtue. Though she
seemingly doesn’t value the
institution of marriage, she
is generally a virtuous
person.
From the text, we learn that
Kristine Linde, who is an
old friend of Nora is finding
a job in town. Instead of
using illegal or unorthodox
meaning of sustaining
herself, she chooses to work
hard. It can also be deduced
that she is an honest person
since she does not agree
with the means that Nora
uses to find money. She
does not like the fact that

Surname 2
Nora is not straightforward.
The main vice associated
with her in the two Acts is
treating marriage as an
institution for financial gain.
Her marriage with Krogstad
was loveless and she leaves
because her financial needs
are not sustained.
2. Krogstad Krogstad is a criminal. He
has committed several
offences which have ruined
his reputation. He also
appears to be a merciless
individual who does not
have any iota of humanity
left in him.
Judging from the two acts,
Krogstad is a criminal who
uses forgery to trick Nora. In
addition, he has committed a
crime of forgery in the past
which has ruined his
reputation so much that he
can no longer get a decent
job. It is also clear that he is
a bitter man probably due to
the bad things that have
happened in his life. An
example to illustrate this is
when he is guided by his
own bitterness in tricking
Nora to take a loan.