freedom theme

Question 1

Nora

Answer 1

in the first act believes she will be totally “free” as soon as she has repaid her debt, because she will have the opportunity to devote herself fully to her domestic responsibilities

Question 2

Krogstad blackmails

Answer 2

her which leads her to reconsider her conception fo freedom and questions whether she is happy with Torvald, subjected to his orders and edicts

Question 3

end of the play

Answer 3

Nora seeks a new kind of freedom

wishes to be relieved of her familial obligations to pursue her own ambitions, beliefs and indentity

Question 4

Individual Psychology of Adler

Answer 4

people are largely responsible for who they are

he believed that psychologically healthy people are aware of what and why they do things - Nora at the end of the play

Question 5

Adler’s psychology applied to Nora

Answer 5

“I am a human being (…) I want to think everything out for myself and make my own decisions”

Question 6

slamming of the door

Answer 6

has also been interpreted as being a shallow notion of emancipated womanhood

Question 7

she expresses a 19th century

Answer 7

feminist view when she says “I have to try to educate myself”

Question 8

trapped in the house

Answer 8

Nora never enters through either of Torvald’s doors, is increasingly confided and isolates herself in the room