What we do for love...

"We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage." - Albert Camus, Nobel Peace prize winner for literature

 When I think of this quote I connect it with how when you are in love with someone you don't really see the bad in them at first. When we have spent some time together, we begin to see the bad and fall out of love. At first its an advantage, and then a disadvantage. That is what happened with Nora and Torvald's marriage.

Nora and Torvald during the scene of discovery

She thought that he was going to be there for her just like she was for him by getting that loan to save his life. In response, she wanted him to say that it was his fault and not hers. In that essence this quote is perfect for Torvald. He was so in love with her when she was  "living" for him and giving a very good image in their world, but when it turned out that she did something illegal (getting a loan through forgery) he went ballistic on her and called her all these things.

He had an image of what she was supposed to be and when she stepped out of it, he didn't love her anymore.

This reminded me of how there are so many people with expectation of what others are like that this is how stereotypes start. It reminds me of how we don't ever really know someone because we are not in the person's mind, however we think we know them and because of this when we are let down we feel such disappointment because the person that disappointed us has just broken the image of what we see them as.