A Doll's House Key Quotes

Question 1

Can you deny it, Nora dear? It’s a sweet little lark; but it gets through a lot of money…

Answer 1

…No one would believe how much it costs a man to keep such a little bird as you. (Torvald to Nora)

Question 2

I would never dream of…

Answer 2

…doing anything you didn’t want me to. (Nora to Torvald)

Question 3

Oh, sometimes I was so tired, so tired. But it was tremendous fun all the same, sitting there working and…

Answer 3

…earning money like that. Almost like being a man. (Nora to Mrs Linde)

Question 4

Do you mean to tell me that a daughter has no right to spare her…

Answer 4

…dying father anxiety? – that a wife has no right to save her husband’s life? (Nora to Krogstad)

Question 5

But surely you can understand that being with Torvald is…

Answer 5

…a little like being with Papa. (Nora to Dr Rank)

Question 6

A man’s better at…

Answer 6

…coping with these things than a woman. (Nora to Mrs Linde)

Question 7

If it ever got around that the new manager had been talked over by his wife… As long as the little woman gets her own stubborn way..!….

Answer 7

…Do you want me to make myself a laughing stock in the office? Give people the idea that I am susceptible to any kind of outside pressure? (Torvald to Nora)

Question 8

Now Dr Rank, cheer up. You’ll see tomorrow how nicely I can dance. And you can…

Answer 8

…pretend I’m doing it just for you–and for Torvald as well, of course. (Nora to Dr Rank)

Question 9

You’re dancing as though…

Answer 9

…your life depended on it. (Torvald to Nora)

Question 10

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

Answer 10

…know myself and the world outside. That’s why I can’t stay here with you any longer. (Nora to Torvald)

Question 11

One day I might, yes. Many years from now, when I’ve lost my looks a little. Don’t laugh. I mean, of course,…

Answer 11

… a time will come when Torvald is not as devoted to me, not quite so happy when I dance for him, and dress for him, and play with him. (Nora to Mrs Linde)

Question 12

She had danced her Tarantella, and it has been a tremendous success, as it deserved–although…

Answer 12

…possibly the performance was a trifle too realistic–a little more so, I mean than was strictly compatible with the limitations of art. (Torvald to Nora/Mrs Linde)

Question 13

From now on, forget happiness. Now it’s just about…

Answer 13

…saving the remains, the wreckage, the appearance. (Torvald to Nora)

Question 14

Nora, I would gladly work for you night and day, and endure sorrow and hardship for your sake. But…

Answer 14

…no man can be expected to sacrifice his honour, even for the person he loves. (Torvald to Nora)

Question 15

Millions of women…

Answer 15

…have done it. (Nora to Torvald)

Question 16

I would not be a true man if your…

Answer 16

…feminine helplessness did not make you doubly attractive in my eyes. (Torvald to Nora)