He claims to have quit his government post because there was no prospect for advancement, but it is probably because he was involved with a cover-up dealing with his wife's father.  
He claims to have quit his government post because there was no prospect for advancement, but it is probably because he was involved with a cover-up dealing with his wife's father.  He worked for eight years as a lawyer before becoming manager of a bank, and spends so much money on his clothes that his wife is forced to work in secret to get new clothes for their children.  This character calls his wife "my little lark" and is shocked when she leaves him, probably because of the overt sexist attitude with which he is portrayed.  FTP, name this husband of Nora, one of the central characters in A Doll's House.
He claims to have quit his government post because there was no prospect for advancement, but it is probably because he was involved with a cover-up dealing with his wife's father.  
Torvald Helmer (accept either name)