Love and marriage Flashcards
Nora talking about her dance to Dr Rank
now Dr. Rank, cheer up. You’ll see tomorrow how nicely I can dance. And you can pretend I’m doing it just for you- and for Torvald as well, of course
Nora asking Torvald to tell her
tell me what to do, keep me right- as you always do
Torvald talking about being a man
I wouldn’t be a proper man if I didn’t find a woman doubly attractive for being so obviously helpless
Torvald talking about coping
A man’s better at coping with these things than a woman
Nora talking about their marriage
you see Torvald is so terribly in love with me that he says he wants me all to himself. When we first married, it even used to make him sort of jealous if I only as much as mentioned any of my old friends back home. So of course I stopped doing it
Krogstad speaking to Mrs Linde about their marriage
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
Torvald talking about forgiving a woman
for a man, there is something indescribably moving and very satisfying in knowing that he has forgiven his wife- forgiven her, completely and genuinely, from the depths of his heart. It’s as though it made her his property in a double sense: he has, as it were, given her a new life, and she becomes in a way both his wife and at the same time his child
Nora talking about dolls and their marriage
I have been your doll wife, just as at home I was daddy’s doll child. And in turn the children have been my dolls. I thought it was fun when you came and played with me, just as they thought it was fun when I went to play with them. That’s been our marriage, Torvald
Torvald talking about Dr Rank
his suffering and his loneliness seemed almost to provide a background of dark cloud to the sunshine of our lives
Nora when leaving
I must stand on my own two feet if I’m to get to know myself and the world outside. That’s why I can’t stay here with you any longer