Ibsen Quotes Flashcards
1
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Torvald finding out
A
- “wretched woman!… do you understand what you’ve done?”
- “- a hypocrite, a liar - worse, worse - a criminal”
2
Q
Rank love
A
“I have loved you as deeply as anyone else has. Was that horrid of me?”
“I can’t possibly tell you now”
“Everything was so nice”
3
Q
Nora’s secrets
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- “not a little nibble at a macaroon?”
- “no, torvald - i promise you, honestly - !”
- “one day i might yes… when i’ve lost my looks a little… when torvald is not as devoted to me”
4
Q
Krogstad & Christine
A
- “oh Nils, give me something, someone, to work for”
- “you and i need each other”
- “i am afraid of nothing with you”
5
Q
Nora & Torvald
A
- “my skylark”
- “my little squanderbird”
- “my squirrel”
6
Q
Stocking scene
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- “i suppose you can look a bit higher”
- “you’re being naughty”
- “when i sit here like this being so intimate with you, i can’t think”
7
Q
Nora leaving
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“When I am gone from this world you will be free”
“My duty to myself”
8
Q
Mrs Linde
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- “someone to work for - to live for”
- “i thought it was my duty to destroy all the feelings you had for me”
- “castaways have a better chance of survival together”
- “i need someone to be a mother to”
9
Q
Nora women
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- “i didn’t have any opinions of my own… you and papa have done me a great wrong”
- “it’s your fault that i had done nothing with my life”
- “i must educate myself”
- “it’s something i must do by myself. that’s why i’m leaving you”
10
Q
Torvald
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- “being a lawyer is so uncertain… especially if one isn’t prepared to touch a case that isn’t, well, quite nice”
- “we’re going to have heaps and heaps of money”
- “a man should not be expected to give up his honour not even for the person he loves”
11
Q
Christine grief
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- “and he didn’t even leave you anything?”
- “not even a feeling of loss or sorrow”
12
Q
Rank dying
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- “i am the most wretched of all my patients”
- “i’ve been going through the books of this poor body of mine, and i find i am bankrupt”
13
Q
Nora suffering
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- “i’ve been your doll-wife, just as i used to be papa’s doll child”
- “i haven’t ever been happy”
