Dr Rank

Question 1

cynical bitterness

Answer 1

is portrayed in his first conversation with Nora

describes Krogstad as a moral cripple, then extends the comment to society in general

Question 2

in love with Nora

Answer 2

confides that he’s going to die

Question 3

dying

Answer 3

realising that Helmer is sensitive and “hates anything ugly” he sends a visiting card to tell them that “the filthy process has begun”

Question 4

scientific curiosity

Answer 4

with which he regards his own demise

suggests a macabre fascination with the process of illness and death

Question 5

his syphilis

Answer 5

is a brutal and physical reminder of the consequences of sin

however, “restrictive social norms are, for Ibsen, the worse disease” - Soloski

Question 6

when Nora and Rank are conversing in Act Two

Answer 6

it is clear that they have an equal power relationship, as she is able to joke about “truffles” and “oysters”