Loss and Suffering

Question 1

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Answer 1

Thorvald suffers the loss of his wife, Rank his life, and Nora her shallow self-esteem.
Loss, of heaven, of lovers, of love is at the centre of many of Rossetti’s poems, and
the attempt to move from suffering to resignation provides a poignant struggle through a number of examples.

Question 2

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Answer 2

• Rank loses his life and suffers due to his illness
  Loss, of heaven, of lovers, of love is at the centre of many of Rossetti’s poems, and
  the attempt to move from suffering to resignation provides a poignant struggle through a number of examples.

Question 3

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Answer 3

• Loss of love
• Nora loses idealistic view of Torvald
• “(looks unflinchingly at him and, her expression growing colder, says) Yes. Now I am beginning to understand.”
• Rossetti: Loss of love/lovers