Individual vs. Society

Question 1

Nora wouldn’t

Answer 1

I would never dream of doing anything you didn’t want me to

Question 2

Torvald talking about his job

Answer 2

oh, what a glorious feeling it is, knowing you’ve got a nice, safe job, and a good fat income

Question 3

Nora talking about being a woman

Answer 3

oh, I think I can say that some of us have little influence now and again. Just because one happens to be a woman

Question 4

Krogstad talking about his problems to Nora

Answer 4

I want to get on my feet again, Mrs Helmer; I want to get to the top… For the last 18 months I’ve gone straight; all that time it’s been hard going; I was content to work my way up, step by step.

Question 5

Krogstad talking about his relationship with Mrs Linde

Answer 5

what else is there to understand, apart from the old, old story? A heartless woman throws a man over the moment something more profitable offers itself

Question 6

Mrs Linde to Krogstad about her life

Answer 6

without work I couldn’t live. All my life I have worked, for as long as I can remember; that has always been my one great joy. But now I’m completely alone in the world, and feeling horribly empty and forlorn

Question 7

Torvald about Dr Rank

Answer 7

his suffering and his loneliness seemed almost to provide a background of dark cloud to the sunshine of our lives

Question 8

Nora talking about earning money

Answer 8

almost like being a man

Question 9

Nora about herself as an individual

Answer 9

I believe that first and foremost I am an individual, just as much as you are- or at least I’m going to try to be. I know most people agree with you, Torvald, and that’s also what it says in books. But I’m not content with what most people say, or what it says in books. I have to think things for myself, and get things clear