Act 1 quotes Flashcards
‘Hide that…
… Christmas tree away, Helen’
‘Here’s a pound…
… No, keep it’
‘Is that my…
… little skylark twittering out there?’
‘Has my little…
… squanderbird been overspending again?’
‘You’ve got a big…
… salary now, and you’re going to make lots and lots of money’
‘Very well, Torvald…
… As you say’
‘Here are new clothes…
… for Ivar - and a sword. And a horse and a trumpet for Bob. And a doll and a cradle for Emmy’
‘You’re a funny…
… little creature. Just like your father used to be’
‘And you don’t have to tire…
… your pretty eyes and your delicate hands’
‘So you’ve come…
… to town? All that way in winter! How brave of you!’
‘But I always put it off…
… and something else always cropped up’
‘Not even a…
… feeling of loss or sorrow’
‘Have you heard…
… of the wonderful luck we’ve just had?’
‘Nora, Nora…
… haven’t you grown up yet’
‘You spent a whole…
… year in Italy, didn’t you?’
‘Well, my mother…
… was still alive; and she was helpless’
‘I started a little…
… shop, and a little school, and anything else I could turn my hand to’
‘You patronize…
… me, Christine; but you shouldn’t’
‘I too have done…
… something to be proud and happy about’
‘Hm;…
… tra-la-la-la!’
‘It’s lovely to wear…
… pretty clothes. Don’t you think?’
‘I can fill…
… the house with pretty things, just the way Torvald likes’
‘people who are…
… morally sick, too. There’s a moral cripple in with Helmer at this very moment’
‘My sweet…
… little baby doll!’
‘A word…
… with you’
‘Whether or not…
… you have a merry Christmas depends on you’
‘But, Mr Krogstadt…
… I have no influence!’
‘Can you…
… suggest any explanation?’
‘You can’t be…
… a very good lawyer, Mr Krogstadt’
‘Every breath…
… that the children draw in such a house contains the germs of evil’
‘So my pretty…
… little Nora must promise not to plead his case’
