A Doll's House Important Characters

Nora Helmer - protagonist, married to Torvald and mother to three young children, does occasional sewing work, took out a loan without her husband's knowledge and surreptitiously paid it off until he found out about it, became upset, and she decided to leave her family to find herself

Torvald Helmer - Nora's husband, a lawyer who treats her like a doll, is shocked when she leaves him

Dr. Rank - a friend of Nora and Torvald's who has Tuberculosis

Kristine Linde - an old friend of Nora's who Torvald wants to hire at the bank; she rekindles her relationship with Krogstad

Nils Krogstad - a father who works at the bank; he has a bad reputation who loans Nora money and breaks the contract for her to pay it back once Kristine, whom he never stopped loving, comes back to him

Anne-Marie - the children's nurse

Ivar, Emmy, and Bob - the Helmer children