a dolls house quotes Flashcards

(45 cards)

1
Q

what does torvald call nora

A

“featherbrain”
“little songbird”
“little squirrel”

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2
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“pennies and pennies and pennies”

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nora about money
chidlike naive

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3
Q

how does Torvald act towards Nora when she asks for/spends money

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“spending all my money again”
“just like a woman”
“wasting money”
“what would she like”

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4
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what does nora say to mrs linde to gloat

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“what a stroke of luck we’ve had”

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5
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How is nora treated when she spent money and bought herself macaroons

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called “daddys daughter”
“was little miss sweet tooth naughty in town today”

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6
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how did nora talk about her mistake to mrs linde act 1

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“working..like a man”
“ive a right to be proud too”

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7
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” a wife cant borrow without her husbands permission”

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mrs linde to nora

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8
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how does nora beg torvald for krogstads job

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“athking vewwy nithely”
“your little squirrel”

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9
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“silk stockings”
“please dont die”

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nora to rank

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10
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“under the ice”
“neither am i”

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mention of suicide
krogstad to nora

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11
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noras breakdown

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“miracle”
“31 hours left to live”

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12
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nora dancing scene

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“put me round”
“dances more wildly” Stage direction

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13
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noras goodbye

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“torvald, little ones, goodbye”

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14
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“let me go, i wont!”

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nora to torvald
not wanting sex

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15
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nora to torvald act 3

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“youve never understood me”
“youve blocked my life”
“ive existed to perform for you”

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16
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nora to torvald in act 3

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“im not your dolly wife”
“the woman i am now is no wife for you”

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17
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“stopped believing in miracles”

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nora
religious links

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18
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“you wont save me torvald”
“a door slams off” stage direction

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end of play from noras side

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19
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torvalds reaction to nora spending his money in act 1

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“has my little songbird been spending all my money again”

20
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torvald criticising nora for spending money

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“doesnt mean we’ve money to burn”
“just like a woman”
“feathebrain”

21
Q

torvald patronising nora

A

“making sulky faces”
“it costs a lot…to keep a little featherbrain”

22
Q

torvald talking about the time nora had to work

A

“no more torvald sitting all alone and bored”

23
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torvald taking control of Nora after she speaks to krogstad

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“talk to a man like that…lie to me”
“little bird must never do that”

24
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torvald blaming women

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“cause is a deceitful mother”

25
criticising noras father
"your father wast a respected public official, i am"
26
what torvald says when hes manipulating nora to feel guilty about not letting krogstad get a job
"you think im small minded" "so insulting to me"
27
mrs linde to nora about loan
"a wife cant borrow without her husbands permission"
28
torvald taking nora away from the party act 3
"i almost had to steal her away by force"
29
how torvald describes mrs linde
"what a boring woman" repeating "goodnight" rushing her out
30
"my blood pounded...i hurried you"
torvald to nora act 3 sexual desire
31
"wont? im your husband"
torvald when nora resists his sexual desire
32
"i imagine...my new young bride" "alone for the very first time"
act 3 Torvald fantasizing about Nora
33
"ive often wished you were in some deadly danger"
torvald to nora act 3
34
torvald finding out about noras secret
"like father like daughter" "this is how you repay me"
35
torvalds initial reaction to noras mistake
"happiness is gone" "wont have you near the children"
36
torvalds changed reaction after he is saved
"ill protect you" "id hardly be a man" "im saved"
37
torvald reacting to nora wanting to leave
"i forbid this" "deserting your husband"
38
"noone to live for anymore"
Mrs linde after her husband passed suffering
39
"since i had to break with you"
mrs linde to krogstad: her not being able to choose who she loves
40
"two shipwrecked souls"
mrs linde telling krogstad they are equals suggests a better future between them
41
"Not even a feeling of loss or sorrow"
mrs linde talking about her husband who passed no grief, marriage of convenience not love
42
"so I turned my hand to the kind of business you know about."
krogstad explaining why he committed a crime and his bad reputation to nora
43
"I must try to regain what respectability I can." " thereby ruined my whole social position."
krogstad because he wants to look after his sons shows how its hard to succeed without a good reputation uses noras good reputation and her crime as leverage over her
44
krogstad threatening nora and blackmailing her
"I shall take you with me."
45
"That I have loved you as deeply as anyone else has? Was that horrid of me?"
rank confessing his love to nora