'A Doll's House' - Textual Quotes Flashcards
(15 cards)
Act 1 - Torvald reflecting his time - “oh, Nora, …”
“Oh, Nora, Nora, How like a women!”
Act 1 - Nora using her sexuality to manipulate - “plays with…”
“(Plays with his coat-buttons; not looking at him) If you really want to give me something”
Act 1 - Nora foreshadowing her saving money plot - “I save…”
“I save every penny I can.”
Act 1 - Torvald reflecting societal expectations - “I don’t have to sit by…”
“I don’t have to sit by myself and be bored. And you don’t have to tire your pretty eyes and your delicate little hand s”
Act 1 - Christine having a loveless marriage - “Not even a feeling…”
“not even a feeling of loss or sorrow”
Act 1 - Nora is aware of her role - “you all think I’m…”
“you all think I’m incapable of getting down to anything serious”
Act 1 - Duty of a man in society - “he’s so proud of…
“he’s so proud of being a man - it’d be so painful and humiliating for him to know that he owed anything to me”
Act 1 - it is a facade of love based on looks and lust - “when Torvald no longer…”
“When Torvald no longer loves me as he does now, when it no longer amuses him to see me dance and dress up and play the fool for him”
Act 1 - Krogstad being immoral (moral illness) - “He’s crippled…”
“He’s crippled all right; morally twisted”
Act 1 - Nora treats her kids like dolls (societal cycle) - “My sweet…”
“My Sweet little baby doll”
Act 1 - Symbolism of Doors and secrecy - “she takes the children…”
“she takes the children into the room on the left and closes the door behind them.”
Act 1 - Torvald believing Women need men to save them - “so little miss independent…”
“So little miss independent’s is in trouble and needs a man to rescue he, does she?”
Act 1 - Lies poison the home - “An atmosphere of…”
“an atmosphere of lies contaminates and poisons every corner of the home”
Act 1 - hereditary traits of lying - “all young criminals…”
“all young criminals are children of mothers who are constitutional liars”
