Rank reveals to Nora Helmer that he is both ill and in love with her. His tuberculosis of the spine symbolizes the decay of society. He tells Nora that he does not want Torvald Helmer (her husband) to see him in decline, so he'll send her a message with a black cross on it to indicate that his time is almost up.
Rank confesses that he loves her, Nora suddenly shuts down and refuses to ask her favor. She has developed some moral integrity. Despite her desperate need, she realizes that she would be taking advantage of Dr. Rank by capitalizing on his earnest love for her.
He has tuberculosis of the spine. This could possibly be meant to represent the diseased backbone of unenlightened society, a society where men and women don't live as equals. His death also could be seen as symbolic.
Dr. rank reveals to Nora that he loves her. I believe Nora is very disturbed by this new because she is already married to Torvald. Nora is so disturbed that she can't ask him for the loan that she was going to ask him for.
Dr. Rank tells Nora he will leave his calling card with a black cross over his name in their mailbox when he is certain he is about to die. His plan after leaving that signal is to lock himself in his home so no one will see him wasting away.
While speaking with Nora, Dr. Rank confesses his love for her, adding that Torvald is not the only man who would make sacrifices for her. In the end, however, we learn that Torvald does not even consider sacrificing himself for Nora.
Rank puts two cards with black crosses in the mailbox, announcing his impending death.
Dr. Rank is unmarried and lonely, and over the course of the play it is revealed that he is in love with Nora. Cynical about life, he rejoices when he finds out that his illness is terminal, and insists that neither Torvald nor Nora visit him in his dying days.
What secret has Nora been keeping from Torvald? She was in love with his brother before she married him.
Nora procured money and told Torvald that her father gave it to them, though she really raised it herself. Nora's father died before Torvald had a chance to find out that the money didn't come from him. Nora has kept the source of the money a secret because she doesn't want his “man's pride” to be hurt.
' indicate that Nora is trying to bring Rank physically near her. His ability to identify the stockings as silk may well mean that he is touching them, offering the actors a moment of sensual closeness. The developing darkness Nora mentions creates an atmosphere of intimacy.
Why is Doctor Rank jealous of Mrs. Linde? He says Mrs. Linde will take his place as the Helmers' friend.
It was immoral for Nora to borrow money from Krogstad, because he had worked for Torvald and was a criminal. c. It was illegal for Nora to borrow money under her own name, so to save Torvald's life she had to forge her father's signature on the loan.
Rank arrives. He has come, he says, to tell her that he has one more month left to live.
Krogstad betrays Nora by failing to keep the secret about the loan he had advanced her. When Helmer is promoted to the managerial position in the bank, he threatens to fire Krogstad, who also works in the bank, claiming that he is corrupt and he describes him as morally diseased.
Nora and Ren have been together ever since the attack on Kuroyuri which happened when they were both very young. At some point during this time, Nora began to develop feelings for Ren but is quick to dismiss any idea of them being "together-together".
While Helmer goes into the study with Dr Rank, Nora talks to her old friend Mrs Linde. Mrs Linde asks Nora to use her influence with Helmer to get her a job. Nora tells Mrs Linde her secret – she borrowed money to pay for Helmer's convalescence, and has been working to pay off the debt.
Years ago, Nora Helmer committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald.
Rank asks if Nora knew that he loved her, and she replies that she can't tell whether she knew or not. Dr. Rank says that now she knows that he will do anything for her, but Nora says she can't tell him anything now.
Rank's contribution to the play consists of stimulating the development of Nora's character and accentuating her conflict. He accomplishes this by characterizing Dr. Rank as a harbinger of Nora's fate and by providing him with a reality parallel to that of Nora.
Nora is the secondary antagonist of the Japanese anime and manga series, Noragami. She is a Regalia who has served under many different gods, and so is referred to as a stray by gods and other Regalias, hence the name 'Nora'.
She realizes that her husband does not see her as a person but rather as a beautiful possession, nothing more than a toy.
Torvald goes to retrieve his mail and notices that someone has been tampering with the mailbox lock using one of Nora's hairpins. Nora blames the children. In the mail, Torvald finds that Dr. Rank has left two calling cards with black crosses on them.
Rank? She tells Nora that she should stop talking to Dr. Rank because Nora tells Rank more of her secrets than her husband and Dr. Rank is wealthy and single.
In A Doll's House, Nora removes a pair of silk stockings from a box and playfully shows Dr. Rank these "unmentionables." She flirts with him by giving him permission to look at her legs (a very shocking offer, indeed!).