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A Doll's House Flashcards

1
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Just like a woman

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Torvald to Nora

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I would never dream

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I would never dream of doing anything you wouldn’t want me to.

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Oh Nora, Nora, how like a woman!

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Torvald to Nora

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songbird

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My little songbird must never do that again

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being with Papa

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Being with Torvald is a little like being with Papa

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terribly in love

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Torvald is so terribly in love with me

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A man’s better

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A man’s better at coping with these things than a woman

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I must stand on my own two feet if I’m to get to know myself

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Nora to Torvald

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Very satisfying

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Very satisfying in knowing that he has forgiven his wife

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forgiven you

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You can’t believe that I have forgiven you.

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doll wife doll child.

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I have been your doll wife, just as at home I was Daddy’s doll child.

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play with them

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Just as they thought it was fun when I went to play with them

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I am an individual

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I am an individual, just as much as you are

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what it says in books.

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But I’m not content anymore with what most people say, or what it says in books.

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miracles

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I don’t believe in miracles any longer

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16
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“I see you dancing like a fairy”

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Torvald seems to enjoy the fact that it is a performance that impresses other people more than anything

17
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“My duty to myself”

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The dance becomes a metaphor for Nora’s own journey towards self-discovery, as she breaks free from societal expectations and her husband’s control.

18
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But surely you can understand that being with Torvald is a little like being with _____. (Act 2)

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Papa

19
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A fog of ___ like that in a household, and spreads ____ and infection to every part of it.

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lies, disease

20
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(stage direction) the tree has been stripped and the candles burned out; the stage directions dictate that it should look

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“bedraggled.”

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