Love
Dr Rank’s pessimism
The New Woman/rebellion
Immorality of Krogstad
Inheritance
Patriarchy
Treatment towards woman
Secrecy
Compliancy of women
- ‘My skylark’ / ‘squirrel’ / ‘my little squanderbird’ – Torvald’s belittlement to Nora
- ‘Isn’t it a wonderful thing to be alive and happy’ – Nora’s optimism, wealth
- ‘Just unspeakably empty. No one to live for anymore’ – Linde’s disappointment that
she has no one to work for
- ‘It was I who found the money’ – Nora breaks the law and engages in financial
transactions
- ‘a wife can’t borrow money without her husband’s consent’ – The law concerning
woman engaging in financial transactions
- ‘Is it foolish to save one’s husband’s life?’ – Nora’s sacrifice for her husband,
questioning social structures
- ‘he’s so proud about being a man’ – Torvald’s adherence to his patriarchal society
- ‘It was almost like being a man’ – Nora’s defiance of the law.
- ‘(Krogstad’s) morally twisted’ – Krogstad’s immoral character
- ‘Pops a macaroon into his mouth’ – Nora’s rebellion/secret against Torvald with food
- ‘I’ve the most extraordinary longing to say: ‘Bloody hell!’’ – Nora’s rebellion/secret
with swearing
- ‘Use your influence on my behalf?’ – Krogstad’s manipulation
- ‘Some years ago I committed an indiscretion’ – Krogstad’s crime in the past
- ‘It was I who wrote pappa’s name there’ – Nora’s confession of her crime
- ‘So little Miss Independent’s in trouble and needs a man to rescue her, does she?’ –
Torvald belittles Nora again, think himself a masculine hero
- ‘All young criminals are the children of mothers who are constitutional liars’ – Torvald
and the inheritance of sin
- ‘I feel physically ill in the presence of a man like that’ – Torvald’s dislike for Krogstad
Dr Rank’s pessimism
The New Woman/rebellion
Immorality of Krogstad
Inheritance
Patriarchy
Treatment towards woman
Secrecy
Compliancy of women
- ‘My skylark’ / ‘squirrel’ / ‘my little squanderbird’ – Torvald’s belittlement to Nora
- ‘Isn’t it a wonderful thing to be alive and happy’ – Nora’s optimism, wealth
- ‘Just unspeakably empty. No one to live for anymore’ – Linde’s disappointment that
she has no one to work for
- ‘It was I who found the money’ – Nora breaks the law and engages in financial
transactions
- ‘a wife can’t borrow money without her husband’s consent’ – The law concerning
woman engaging in financial transactions
- ‘Is it foolish to save one’s husband’s life?’ – Nora’s sacrifice for her husband,
questioning social structures
- ‘he’s so proud about being a man’ – Torvald’s adherence to his patriarchal society
- ‘It was almost like being a man’ – Nora’s defiance of the law.
- ‘(Krogstad’s) morally twisted’ – Krogstad’s immoral character
- ‘Pops a macaroon into his mouth’ – Nora’s rebellion/secret against Torvald with food
- ‘I’ve the most extraordinary longing to say: ‘Bloody hell!’’ – Nora’s rebellion/secret
with swearing
- ‘Use your influence on my behalf?’ – Krogstad’s manipulation
- ‘Some years ago I committed an indiscretion’ – Krogstad’s crime in the past
- ‘It was I who wrote pappa’s name there’ – Nora’s confession of her crime
- ‘So little Miss Independent’s in trouble and needs a man to rescue her, does she?’ –
Torvald belittles Nora again, think himself a masculine hero
- ‘All young criminals are the children of mothers who are constitutional liars’ – Torvald
and the inheritance of sin
- ‘I feel physically ill in the presence of a man like that’ – Torvald’s dislike for Krogstad
