Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment and Ibsen's A Doll's House have one main thing in common: crime. In A Doll's House, Ibsen highlights the injustice of the law and the restrictions it places on individuals in society, while Dostoyevsky uses it to show freedom through the law and the need for individuals to respect it . The novel and the play introduce crime into society. the plot at the very beginning of the work. In A Doll's House, Mrs. Linde comes in and Nora tells her about it but immediately says that "Torvald must not hear" (Perrine 876). Ibsen takes advantage of this early introduction to crime to immediately develop a secret between Nora and her husband that will ultimately lead to their separation. Dostoyevsky has his main character referring to the crime as "that" while Rodya questions his intentions. “Is this something serious?” (Dostoyevsky 4). Dostoevsky uses crime to introduce moral struggle into Rodya's consciousness. The immediate use of crime in both works forms the basis of the plot and develops the beginnings of important themes that will progress through the play/novel. In the play A Doll's House, Henrik Ibsen uses crime primarily as a plot advancement. If there were no crime, the play would mean nothing. Nora's forgery leads to a secret she keeps from her husband, which leads to her embarrassment at having been saved by a woman, which leads to her leaving. However, Ibsen expresses a major theme about crime: sometimes the law can be unjust. Mrs. Linde establishes the law as soon as the idea of ​​Nora borrowing money is brought up: “A woman cannot borrow money without the consent of her husband” (Perrine 877). That already seems wrong enough on its own... Besides, the only reason Nora forged the signature was to save her husband's life, and for that she was blackmailed by Krogstad and oppressed by the norms of society. In a critical review, “Northam calls Nora de Bercume 2 an example of the struggle of the individual against society” (Mitchell 136). She was severely punished for something that could be considered a minor offense and the crime ultimately led to her separation from Torvald and her departure from home. Additionally, "the subplot of Christine Linde and Nils Krogstad ending in marriage occurs at the same time as Nora's breakup with Torvald." (Davies 51) The stark contrast between the two creates conflict within the audience as Krogstad is rewarded for his blackmail while Nora is punished for saving her husband's life..