A Dolls House Flashcards
Is that my little skylark Twittering out there?
Torvalds Pet names - 'little' asserts dominance 'My' indicates his possession of her. Fathering her Bird - represents her being in a cage.
My little featherbrain.
Patronises her.
Indicates traditional gender roles of women not being on the same intellectual level as men and only useful around the house.
Goes over to the stove
Submissive, complies with her role in the house, under her husbands power
Plays with his waistcoat buttons
Flirtation - uses her womanly charm to manipulate and deceive her husband
Lies about macarons
First indication of her ability to deceive and that she longs for her own freedom
Didn’t little sweet tooth just look in at the confectioner’s
Condescending Fathering her Lack of trust Expects obedience - possession Treats her like a child.
I wouldn’t do anything that you don’t like
Under the power of her husband - controlled by him
You did your best to please us
The woman’s role in the family to nurture and entertain everyone. First connection with the dolls house metaphor as she is considered almost a form of entertainment
You’re only a baby Nora
Indicates her innocence of her situation.
Materialistic and apparently content under her husband
Pooh where would be the glory in that
Indicates a desire for independence and ability to do things herself
He’d be terribly hurt and humiliated if he felt he ever owed anything to me
Men are meant to be in control of women
It’s almost like being a man
Desire to escape her constricting life
Christmas tree - fresh and decorated in the beginning, stripped, disheveled and burnt out in middle.
Reflects Nora before her deception is exposed and before she begins to understand her lack of freedom, and after she had been exposed and began to panic and realise her situation. Reflects her feelings of confusion and fear of what will become of her
Torvalds so incredibly fond of me he wants to keep me all to himself
Convinces herself of Torvalds love for her
How could you be so clumsy dr rank, when everything was going so well
After rank declares his love for her she realises that she doesn’t love Torvald but finds it easy to love him because he provides her with stability and identity. Women are nothing without a man, convenient to be with Torvald
Your husband can’t love you very much, can he? He knows I can expose you.
Krogstad makes Nora realise that she is wilfully ignorant of her situation
But Nora darling you are dancing as if your life depended on it.
She had to be perfect and entertaining to survive
Torvald is all about appearances
My arm round my lovely little Capri girl
She is a trophy
All this beauty that belongs to no one but me
Possession
There’s something undeniably sweet and satisfying for a man knowing deep down he had forgiven his wife
Making himself the hero
You never loved me, you only found it pleasant to be in love with me
Awakening
But our home has just been a play room I’ve been you doll wife here just as at home I was papas doll child and the children had been my dolls in turn I liked it when you played with me just as they liked it when I came and played with them that’s what our marriage has been
She was controlled by all the men in her life and has been nothing more than a trophy or entertainment
You and papa have committed a Grievous sin against me, it’s your fault I made nothing of my life.
Was prevented from living due to the patriarchy
I believe that before anything else I am a human being. Just as much as you are
Door slamming at end
Finality
When Torvald isn’t as fond of me as he is now - when all my dancing and dressing up don’t amuse him any longer
Beginning to awaken and realise that she is only seen as a commodity or entertainment
Macaroon
Unconsciously represents Nora’s desire for independence as she insists on eating them despite her husband explicitly telling her not to.
