nurse and children

Question 1

common situation

Answer 1

in 19th century

gave up her own children in order to look after a strangers

Question 2

accepts

Answer 2

her place in society and critical only of the father of her children

“that good-for-nothing didn’t life a finger”

Question 3

19th century

Answer 3

families depended on such servants

Question 4

children

Answer 4

are Nora’s dolls

she delights in playing with them

they perform the function of showing Nora as a mother

Question 5

sexist line

Answer 5

“a doll for emmy and a sword for Ivar”

“she’ll pull them apart in a few days” - perhaps a form of Emmy’s rebellion

Question 6

Nora and her children

Answer 6

showing her with her children sets her in a different environment and makes the character more believable and explores more depths of her character

Question 7

love for her children

Answer 7

plays with them even though the family have a nurse, she tells people how sweet they are. This makes it clear that the sacrifice of leaving the family and that decision is very important for her, worth leaving her beloved children behind