New Year's Day 
The action of the play is set at Christmastime, Nora and Torvald both look forward to New 
Year's as the start of a new, happier phase in their lives.In the new year, Torvald will start his 
new job, and he anticipates with excitement the extra money and admiration the job will bring 
him.They both must 
become new people and face radically changed ways of living.