ADH Paper 2 Quotes Flashcards
Description of set in Act I (2 lines)
A room furnished comfortably and tastefully, but not extravagantly.
A fire burns in the stove. It is winter.
Macaroons symbol
She takes a packet of macaroons from her pocket and eats one of two; then goes cautiously to her husband’s door and listens).
Adjectives for Nora that Torvald uses
“Little lark”, “Little squirrel” “Doll”, “spendthrift”
Torvald’s values that are a reflection of society
“No debt, no borrowing”
Nora conforming to the ‘role’ she plays in front of Torvald
You haven’t any idea how many expenses we skylarks and squirrels have, Torvald.
Stage direction of Torvald on page 10
wagging his finger at her
First example of Nora and Mrs. Linde being opposites
Nora: No, not only what one needs, but heaps and heaps of money.
Mrs Linde: Nora, Nora haven’t you learnt sense yet? In our schooldays you were a great spendthrift.
Mrs’ Linde’s condescending attitude towards Nora
You are a child, Nora.
Mrs Linde’s condescending attitude toward Nora
You are a child, Nora.
Quotes from talking about kids with Mrs. Linde & N
Nora: You must feel “relief”
I feel “unspeakably empty” inside
Quotes from talking about borrowing between Mrs. Linde and N
“quarterly interest”, “payment in instalments”
“tremendous pleasure to sit there working and earning money. It was like being a man”
Quotes from talking about kids with Mrs. Linde & N
Linde: not even any “sorrow or grief” to live upon
Nora: You must feel “relief”
Linde: I feel “unspeakably empty” inside
Opinions on Krogstad
Rank: “moral disease”
Krogstad’s motivation
It is “not only for the sake of the money; indeed, that weighs least with me in this matter”
“I was guilty of an indiscretion.”
“But now I must cut myself free from all that. My sons are growing up; for their sake, I must try and win back as much respect as I can in the town. This post in the Bank was like the first step up for me - and now your husband is going to kick me downstairs in the mud.”
Opinions on Krogstad
Rank: “moral disease”
Helmer: each breath the children take in such a house is “full of germs of evil”
Exposition Act II
“Christmas Tree in the corner by the piano, stripped of its ornaments and with burnt down candle-ends on its’ disheveled branches”
Nora “walking about uneasily”
“cloak and hat are lying on the sofa”
Opinions on Krogstad
Rank: “moral disease”
Helmer: each breath the children take in such a house is “full of germs of evil”
Helmer: “moral failings”
Nora and Dr. Rank
“tomorrow you will see how beautifully I shall dance and you can imagine I am doing it all for you”
“Silk stockings”
“you may have leave to look at the le
Torvald and papa
“being with Torvald is a little like being with papa”
Tarantella symbol
Symbol of distraction, seduction
Nora “dances wildly”
“Not so violently, Nora”
“You have still got the Tarantella in your blood, I see. And it makes you more captivating than ever.”
Act III Exposition
table is now in “middle of the stage”.
“The door in the hall stands open. Dance music is heard in the room above.”
Mrs. Linde is sitting at the table idly turning over the leaves of a book.
Krogstad and Mrs. Linde
“I am a shipwrecked man clinging to a bit of wreckage.
“I am like a shipwrecked woman clingo to soome wreckage - no one to mourn for, no one to care for.”
Mrs. Linde - Mom
“Nils, give me someone and something to work for.”
“I want to be a mother to someone, and your children need a mother.”
Stage direction
The door between the room and the hall remains open.
Torvald finds out
“The unutterable ugliness of it all”
“No religion, no morality, no sense of duty”
“everything between us were as before - but naturally only in the eyes of the world.
“save the remains, the fragments the appearance-“
Krogstad’s other letter
‘I am saved! Nora, I am saved!
“womanly helplessness did jsut give you a double attractiveness in my eyes”
Nora explaining her decision to leave
“doll-wife” , “doll child, “children have been my dolls”
“Before all else I am a reasonable human being just as you are”
H: “The most wonderful thing of aall”
The sound of a door shutting is heard from below.
