Ibsen shows how these two principles can ruin a person's life and that society should stop glorifying these ideas. Nora fights Torvald for power in their marriage. She uses deception and manipulation to get what she wants from him since she has no real power of her own. However, Torvald has great control over Nora's actions and even her opinions. On page 938, Nora points out that when she lived with her father, “He told [her] all his opinions, so [she] had the same… then [she] passed from [her father's] hands to Torvald's . [He] arranged everything according to [his] own taste. The Helmers fought for power over each other, and their friend Dr. Rank also experienced his own power struggle. Throughout the play, Rank struggles with inevitable death. He inherited an illness from his father and likely struggled with illness his entire life. When he finally deteriorates to the final stage of his illness, he loses the battle and disappears to die. But besides power and control, money is also a big motivator for the characters in the story. Nora was forced into debt when she borrowed money to cure Torvald of his condition. She continued to pay this debt without telling her husband, and Krogstad's blackmail over this financial secrecy almost drove her to suicide. Krogstad had finances