Mrs Linde Flashcards
free
at last, from having the burden of an ailing mother and two younger brothers
difficult life
due to her sense of duty, one that determined that she should marry a man she didn’t love
work
on it’s own isn’t good enough
“must work if I’m to find life worth living”
face the world on her own
she felt “so dreadfully lost and empty”
role of Motherly confidante
seems older and wiser
patronises and chides Nora
lets Helmer read the letter
“there must be an end of all these shiftings and evasions”
her influence on Krogstad
creates the possibility of a happy ending and ensures that Nora will be forced to confront the truth of her husbands nature and her own situation
link to from the antique
“Doubly blank in a woman’s lot” to Linde feeling “unspeakably empty” as she has got no one to work for
