Read the excerpt from act 2 of A Doll's House.
Nora: What are you going to do?
Helmer: [looking among his papers] Settle it. [Enter
MAID.] Look here; take this letter and go downstairs
with it at once. Find a messenger and tell him to deliver
it, and be quick. The address is on it, and here is the
money.
Maid: Very well, sir. [Exit with the letter.]
Helmer: [putting his papers together] Now then, little
Miss Obstinate.
Nora: [breathlessly). Torvald-what was that letter?
Helmer: Krogstad's dismissal.
Nora: Call her back, Torvald! There is still time. Oh
Torvald, call her back! Do it for my sake-for your own
sake for the children's sake! Do you hear me,
How does the interaction between Helmer and Nora
advance the plot?
O Helmer decides he might need to use strength
against Krogstad to make him leave his position at
the bank.
O Helmer realizes that Nora is right about Krogstad,
which will keep her secret safe from him later in the
play.
O Helmer thinks that Nora is afraid his reputation will
suffer, heightening the suspense about her real
secret.
O Helmer agrees with Nora that it is too late and that
he has made a mistake with Krogstad, which creates
conflict.