Mrs Linde Flashcards
What does Mrs Linde represent in a dolls house
The variety of ways that women can live fufil on h lives,independent of their husbands
Who is Mrs Linde a foil to
Nora,She juxtaposes Nora’s frivolous personality and highlights the spoiled life Nora leads as “I have no papa to pay for my holidays”
How does Mrs Linde describe herself due to her hardships
She describes herself as becoming “bitter” and since she is “obliged to be always on the lookout for chances” to survive,she calls herself “selfish” yet her actions say otherwise
How is Mrs Linde an ‘anomaly of her time’
Mrs Linde learned how to be a self-sufficient woman causing genteel society like Tordvald to find her “boring”
What is the first impression of Mrs Linde
Mrs Linde is a quiet and polite woman who is qualified to work in a bank and contrasts a healthy,athletic Nora.
What shows Mrs Linde as physically frail
She has to take the stairs “slowly” and talks about Bereavement and poverty
What does Mrs Linde being a foil to Nora present Nora as
Mrs Linde’s air of tired experience makes Nora seem empty-headed,although Nora would be a far livelier and more entertaining companion
How does Mrs Linde bring out the truth
She’s patronising to Nora,in remarks such as “those bits of fancy-work of yours”,she perhaps has a right to be
She becomes a confidante to Nora,Someone she can tell secrets to and trust they won’t emerge.Through Mrs Linde being this we hear of Nora’s own secrets allowing for the story to progress as a whole
How are Mrs Linde’s stern moral principles shown
She shows concern for ‘the morally sick’ on page 45
She fears Nora’s naïveté may lead her into a dangerous sexual situation over the loan
She is angry with Rank for taking advantage of Nora
She maintains that Krogstad must persuade helmer not to read his letter
How is Mrs Linde shown as A New Woman (in terms of historical context)
She may be tired,she may resent having to ask people like helmer for work,but she has a true passion for work as it’s been ‘her only joy’.This gives her a highly unusual level of independence and modernity.She is an image of the ‘New Woman’.
How does Mrs Linde at the end of the story go further than Nora on the road to self determination
She has chosen the future partner of her life in Krogstad,She travels especially to find him and goes against societal norms in being the one who suggests that they ‘join hands’
How is Mrs Linde shown as the truth teller of the story
She is so determined that there should be ‘full understanding’ between Nora and Helmer.She wants to shake them both out of an unhealthy dependency-Nora on her ability to perform tricks and helmer on the myth of Nora’s helplessness.She does this by telling Krogstad to leave his letter in the box
