The opening scene of Patrick Garlands Isben's A Doll's House is the better interpretation of Nora. Patrick Garland has the scenery and house appear bright, festive and wealthy. The music playing as she enters the house is festive but also seems suspenseful. Nora is dressed in a fur trimmed long coat coming home from shopping with many packages in her hands wich is what gave me the impression that they are wealthy.. In this clip Nora played by Claire Bloom, comes across as sneaky. The actress portrayed Nora as sneaky by the look she has on her face as she listens at Torvalds door. It was a look of being sneaky not curiosity. For example, as she enters the house she immediately went to Torvald’s door and put her ear to it to listen and then as she walks away she puts a macaroon cookie in her mouth and hides the package in the piano
This clip also portrays Nora to be thoughtless and greedy about money. As Nora and Torvald sit and discuss the holidays, Nora states that they should borrow money now for the Holidays because she feels that after the New Year "he will be making an enormous salary"at his new job at the bank. Torvald explains to her that if they were to borrow money now and on New Years Eve a tile from the roof was to fall on his head and kill him how would the person they borrowed from ever to get paid back? Nora quickly says "who cares about them, they’re strangers". Just as Torvald says at one point in the scene Nora is "thoughtless". When Torvald makes a comment saying "thats so typical of a woman" refering to Nora not caring about the people they borrow from, she reacts by pretending to be sad and pouting because she did not get her way. Again that shows Nora's thoughtlessness and greed for money.

Another scene in this clip that shows Nora being sneaky is when her and Torvald were near the Christmas tree putting the gifts under it. The director gives the impression of this being a festive moment with Christmas music playing in the background while Torvald asks Nora what she would like for Christmas. At first Nora says "nothing, I don’t want anything really" but almost rehearsed she quickly says "You might give me money, Torvald. Only just as much as you can afford; and then one of these days I will buy something with it" (pg.5). The actress, Claire Bloom portrays this moment as Nora being greedy by answering Torvald first with an innocent kind look and then her face lights up with excitement and quickly changes her answer asking for money as her gift.
While reading the novel I get the impression of Nora being a tad bit immature. While watching the movie clip of act one the actress Claire Bloom plays a very well imitation of Nora’s character. While Claire Bloom acts as Nora in the scene she makes these little gestures that come across as the childlike Nora that I seen in both the book and movie scene. For example in the clip of act one as Torvald shows her money and she wiggles her nose and make a little meow noise, as if she is begging or preforming for the money. As Torvald shows her the twenty dollars she jumps up and down and over to him. When he begins to pull more money out she again makes the little meow gesture and she gets forty dollars out of him. Torvald:" Nora, what do you think I have got here" Nora: (turnig around quickly)" Money!..Ten shillings -a pound-2 pounds!" (pg: 4 top of 5). She plays as if she was his daughter not a wife. Torvald in return acts in a fatherly way towards Noras playful childish gestures.
While reading more in to the book and breaking down the conversations I seen something that is interesting. When going over the book and watching the clip of act one I feel that Nora needs Torvald. They have a curious relationship. I see that Nora basically needs Torvald. Being a woman in the late 1800s in Norway woman can not do much with out a man. Woman can not get a loan with out a Father or husband signature. They can not work unless they are widowed Nora: "...-Oh, I understand. You mean that perhaps Torvald Could get you something to do.." (pg 11) Helmer:"...I presume you are a widow Mrs.Linde?" (pg 18). Looking closely at the way they act with one another and the things they say to one another you can see Torvald controls her. Helmer:".. I must think about your costume, too" (pg 28). This could be the reason Nora comes across as sneaky and greedy, because she depends on Torvald for money and this is the way she gets it from him.
At the end of this scene Torvald asks Nora if she visited the confectioners while in town "Hasn't she paid a visit to the confectioners?" (pg.6). Nora again comes across as sneaky as she tries to lie to Torvald, denying it and swearing that she "would never dream of doing anything you didnt approve of". The actress playing Nora keeps a serious and again, innocent look on her face as she says this lie showing that Nora is sneaky and decieptful. She seems to be more concerned with not disappointing Torvald that she did sneak and eat macaroon cookies, than she is about disappointing him with her carelessness and greed with money. When it is clear that Torvald knows she did infact sneak a macaroon she displays the childlike behavior that I earlier refered to by hugging him, instead of apologizing.

My impression of Torvald in the first act of "A Doll House" is that he is very frugal about money.He seems to talk down to Nora for her view on how money should be spent."Thats like a woman! But seriously, Nora, you know what I think about that. No debt, no borrowing. There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. We two have kept bravely on the straight road so far, and we will go on the same way for the short time longer that there need be any struggle" (pg. 4) In this quote, Torvald cleary states his feeling on spending money foolishly and not to depend on others by oweing a debt to them.Torvald and Nora have different ideas about handling money.
The other impression that I have about Torvald is that he is more responsible than Nora "Still, you know, we cant spend money recklessly"(pg.4) The author portrays this side of Torvald by small statements continuously made towards Nora, for example he calls her "you extravagant little person"(pg.5) and "you always find some new way of wheedling money out of me, and , as soon as you have got it, it seems to melt in your hands" (pg.6) By taking on the job as a Bank manager, money will be better for them and advises Nora to be careful with money and live as they have been.Although Torvald is the more responsible one with money he seems to give in to Nora becase of his love for her.