A Doll's House quotes by act/character Flashcards
Act 1: Helmer
“Helmer: My little songbird, squirrel, skylark, squanderbird, spendthrift” p. 25
Act 1: Nora
“Nora: I would never dream of doing anything you didn’t want me to.” p. 27
“Nora: When it no longer amuses him to see me dance and dress up and play the fool for him. Then it might be useful to have something up my sleeve” p. 36
“Nora: It was great fun, though, sitting there working and earning money. It was almost like being a man” p.37
“Nora: She’s mad to come under some really clever an who can teach her even more than she knows already” p. 41
Act 2: Nurse(Anne-Marie)
“Nurse: When I had the change of such a good job? A poor girl what’s got into trouble can’t afford to pick and choose. That good-for-nothing didn’t lift a finger” p. 56
Act 2: Nora
“Nora: He got quite jealous if I as much as mentioned any of my old friends back home. So naturally I stopped talking about them” p. 58
“Nora: If little squirrel asked you really prettily to grant her a wish-” p. 60
“Nora: Show some heart, then. Think of my little children. Krogstad: Have you and your husband thought of mine?” p. 71
“Nora: Let me start practising now(…)Correct me, lead me, the way you always do” p. 77
Act 2: Rank
“Rank: I am the most wretched of all my patients, Mrs Helmer. These last few days I’ve been going through the books of this poor body of mine, and I find I am bankrupt” p. 65
Act 2: Krogstad
“Krogstad: Oh, you can’t frighten me. A pampered little pretty like you-” p. 73
Act 3: Krogstad
“Krogstad: A woman chucking a man because something better turns up? P.81
Act 3: Nora
“Nora: Yes Torvald. I’ve changed.” p.96
“Nora: I’ve been your doll-wife” p.98
“Nora: My duty towards myself” p. 100
Act 3: Helmer
“Helmer: What, not look at my most treasured possession.” p. 87
“Helmer: I am alone with you – quite alone with you, as you stand there young and trembling and beautiful” p. 88
“Helmer: As far as you and I are concerned, things must appear to go on exactly as before. But only in the eyes of the world” p. 94
“Helmer: First and foremost you are a wife and a mother. Nora: I am first and foremost a human being” p. 100
“Helmer: But no man can be expected to sacrifice his honour, even for the person he loves Nora: MIllions of women have done it. “ p. 102
Act 3: Mrs. Linde
“Mrs. Linde: Nils, suppose we two shipwrecked souls could join hands? P.82
“Mrs. Linde: There must be an end of all these shifting and evasions.” p. 84
