Ibsen, quotes Flashcards
What does Nora hope will happen one day?
“A miracle”
AO5 What did George Bernard say about the audience in his reveiw ?
AO5 “guilty creatures sitting at a play”
AO5 What did George Bernard say about how the door slam?
AO5 “the slam of the door behind her is more momentous than the cannon of Waterloo”
Nora using flattery to inluence Torvald’s decisions:
“I can’t get anywhere without your help”
“You’re always right whatever you do”
What did Nick and Non Warrall say about Torvald’s security?
“Torvald’s security depends upon feeling superior”
Torvald infantalising Nora:
“my child”
Torvald’s nicknames for Nora:
“My skylark”
“My Squirrell”
“My little songbird”
“Little spend thrift”
“My poor, helpless little darling”
“My child”
“My most treasured possession”
Nora frantically flattering Torvald
“correct me, lead me, the way you always do”
What is the irony in this sentence? “correct me, lead me, the way you always do”
She is actually leading him.
Proof that Torvald is also under societal pressure
“If it ever got out that the new manager had been talked over by his wife”
Torvald asks Nora if she’s been spending
“Has my little spendthrift been wasting money again?”
Mrs Linde talking about women borrowing money
“a wife cannot borrow without her husband’s consent”
Nora shocked she is in trouble for saving Torvald’s life
“is a wife not allowed to save her husbands life?”
Nora explains what is was like for her to work
“it was a tremendous pleasure to sit there working and earning money. It was like being a man”
Nora’s explanation on why she does not tell Torvald about her debt
Nora doesn’t tell Torvald about their debt as she thinks it will be “painful and humiliatiing” for him “with his manly independance” to know that he owes her money.
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“how painful and humiliating it would be for Torvald, with his manly independence, to know that he owed me anything!”
