Complex SacrificesThe word sacrifice when used metaphorically is described as an altruistic good deed or deed for others; it is a short-term loss in exchange for a larger gain. There are many things we do in life, even regularly, that we sacrifice. You may choose to go to the gym and sacrifice your pain to gain muscle mass, or someone may miss their favorite TV show to help a friend. Sacrifices come in all shapes and sizes, but how far will we go for those we love? How far can love and life push the boundaries of sacrifice? In the play A Doll's House sacrifice played a very important role and created some very dynamic complexities. Nora, Torvald's wife, plays a unique role in the play as she is put in a very serious situation where she must choose to make a huge sacrifice. One day Torvald and Nora discovered that Torvald was dying. As it happens, his father was also on his deathbed. Nora found herself facing a very complicated situation where she will have to make a sacrifice to save one or the other. Nora didn't have much money because back then women couldn't borrow money or take out a loan without a man's signature. Nora decides that she needs to take out a loan to try to prolong her husband's life, after all they had three lovely children together and she couldn't take care of them on her own. We make sacrifices every day, but often forget to think about the consequences of what might happen in the future related to that same sacrifice. In the play Nora chooses to get a loan to help prolong Torvald's life. The only problem was that she needed a man's signature to help her get approved. Nora's father died, and shortly after she forged her mark... in the middle of paper... the fear is that most are telling someone our deepest secrets. However, it is usually better to tell them, rather than them finding out through a different source. So in life we ​​will have to make choices, some bigger than others and some will come with great sacrifices. But it is better to try to understand that something may happen that we cannot control in connection with these sacrifices. Even though times can get very complicated, we must understand that ultimately we are responsible for our actions and we must be able to admit it. The monsters we all have in our closets can sometimes be too scary to let out, but it's still better to let them out ourselves, not someone else. Works Cited Ibsen, Henrik. A doll's house. Rpt. in Norton's Introduction to Literature. 11th ed. Ed. Kelly J. Mays. New York: McGraw W. W. Norton and Company, 2013.1447-1496. Press.