parental and filial obligations

Question 1

parents morality

Answer 1

Nora, Torvald and Dr Rank all express the belief that a parent is obligated, to be honest and upstanding, otherwise, any immorality is passed on to the children

Question 2

Nora’s deceit

Answer 2

after hearing about Nora’s deceit Torvald forbids her from seeing the children

fear that she will corrupt them

Question 3

Dr Rank’s father

Answer 3

he implies that his father immorality led him to contract a venereal disease that he passed on to his son

Question 4

macaroons

Answer 4

Nora’s eating of macaroons against Torvald’s wishes foreshadows her later rebellion against Torvald.

Question 5

Torvald’s names for Nora

Answer 5

lexical field: nature and animals, little and cute, everything is forgivable and fun

Question 6

treats Nora like a child

Answer 6

• “takes her playfully by the ear”

- “wagging his finger at her”