It was when his job was in danger because of his own crime of counterfeiting that he blackmailed Nora with the crime of counterfeiting she had herself even clerk. He was complicit and cruel to Nora in her desperation to keep her job in order to continue to provide for her family. In the 19th century, men played the role of providers and Krogstad would stop at nothing to do so. However, it is when he is reunited with his beloved Mrs. Linde that he realizes that he really does not need to be the breadwinner, as he finds her love and support again. "I have never had such incredible luck in my life (Ibsen