Doll’s House text quotations Flashcards
Nora described as…
“my skylark”
“my squirrel”
“a little spendthrift”
“little songbird”
Mrs Linde on marriage…
“I didn’t feel I could say no”
Nora marriage reasoning…
“Is it foolish to save one’s husband’s life?”
Torvald … “an atmosphere of..”
“lies contaminates and poisons every corner of the home.”
Nora on tricks
“squirrel would do lots of pretty tricks for you if you granted her wish”
T+N mutuality not present…
And poem links to…
“I forgive you for this anxiety”
“I am man enough to bear the burden for us both.”
Links to In The Round Tower…
Dr Rank death
“I’ll send you my visiting card with a black cross on it.”
“And all this to atone for someone else’s sin?”
Dr Rank death (Remember link)
“Once one is gone, one is soon forgotten”
Krogstad threatening…
“Under the ice? Down in the cold, black water? And then, in the spring to float up again, ugly, unrecognisable, hairless-?”
Krogstad (Remember link)
“Have you forgotten that then your reputation will be in my hands?”
Torvald on dancing…
(Representation of Tarentella)
“you’re dancing as if your life depended on it”
Poison
Act 2 ending line…
“your songbird is here!”
Contrasting L+K
“Nils”
Torvald “You have loved me…
as a wife should love her husband.”
Nora’s outfit change
“Yes, Torvald. I’ve changed.”
