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Act 1:" Because in such an atmosphere of lies home life is poisoned
and contaminated in every fibre. Every breath the children draw
contains some germ of evil."
Torvald speaking to Nora about Krogstad. IRONY
Act 2:" But knitting is always ugly. Just look- your arms close to
your sides, and the needles going up and down- there's something
Chinese about it"
Torvald speaking to Linde about knitting.
Act 3:" An exit should always be dramatic, Mrs. Linde. But, unfortunately that's just what I can't get Nora to realize. I say, it's hot in here.
Torvald speaking to Mrs. Linde about Nora.

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Act 1:
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KROGSTAD. The law takes no account of motives.
NORA. Then it must be a very bad law. (16)

By this point in the story, Nora is being portrayed as the heroine, and Krogstad as the antagonist. Through these character roles, Ibsen is trying to comment on the unfairness of laws in society, by assigning the law itself to Krogstad and what Ibsen views as a better alternative to Nora.

Act 2:
NORA. Flesh-coloured. Aren't they lovely? It's so dark here now; but to-morrow- No, no, no; you must only look at the feet. Oh, well, I suppose you may look at the rest too. RANK. H'm- NORA. What are you looking so critical about? Do you think they won't fit me? RANK. I can't possibly give any competent opinion on that point. NORA. Looking at him a moment.] For shame! [Hits him lightly on the ear with the stockings.] Take that. (25)

Nora's willingness to potentially cheat on Torvald, a man she committed forgery and missed seeing her father in his final days for, shows how desperate she was and how few options she had or at least felt she had to get out of her debt to Krogstad.

Act 3:
HELMER. Empty. She is gone. [A hope springs up in him.] Ah! The miracle of miracles-?! [From below is heard the reverberation of a heavy door closing. (45)

This demonstrates the final piece to Nora's change. She can never grow while with Torvald, and she has come to realize this. The door slamming shut severs any ties she had with her past self, or her past life. It shows that she is done playing dolls forever, and demonstrates to society what could happen to it, if it cannot change. It is a warning, but also a prediction, should society continue treating its women the way it does.

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(Textbook Page Numbers)
Act 1:
"It's incredible what an expensive pet she is for a man to keep" (1074). This shows condescension of Torvald towards Nora; it was common for a husband to verbally degrade their wife. A man was said to be mentally and physically superior to women.

Act 2:
"Yes, Torvald, yes, you must do as I ask! You must let Krogstad keep his place at the bank." A wife was forbidden to say words like these to her husband because in the victorian-era men didn't "have" to anything for their wife if they chose to.

Act 3:
"But our home has been nothing but a playroom. I have been your doll-wife, just as I was papa's doll-child." Nora said this Torvald after she found out she would not be able to leave the way she wanted to. She had to tell him the truth about why she wanted to leave him. She had to go find herself and who she was meant to be.

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Act 1-
"But, Mr. Krogstad, I have no influence" (20). Nora makes it clear to Krogstad that she has no power to make sure he doesn't lose his job, Ibsen makes it known that women in the Victorian Era had little influence at all when it comes to just about anything. It also helps the reader become further connected with Nora's struggles to stop Torvald from reading the letter and getting her points across in a serious conversation.

Act 2-
"Do you think they would forget their mother if she went away altogether?" (30). After hearing what Torvald had to save about people who lack moral character Nora's has a realization that she may not be included in the family anymore and as Torvald said, he wouldn't want her around his children.

Act 3-
"You have never loved me. You only thought it pleasant to be in love with me" (66). Before Nora goes shes says this to Torvald, she finally expresses her feelings. This statement bares the fact that Nora has given up on Torvald and is about to focus on her own life, Nora isn't feeling loved, she's feeling more like a doll of Torvald's.

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Act 1, Nora: "Ten shillings--a pound--two pounds! Thank you, thank you, Torvald; that will keep me going for a long time." Nora says this to Torvald after he gives her money.

Act 2, Nora: [putting her hands over her ears]. "Rubbish! Do talk of something cheerful." This is Nora talking to Dr. Rank about his death. This is a problem for Nora later on when she says that she and Torvald never talk about anything serious.

Act 3, Torvald: "And as for you and me, it must appear as if everything between us were just as before--but naturally only in the eyes of the world." Torvald has just found out that Nora betrayed him, and completely condemns her for it.

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Act 3) "MRS. LINDEN. I must have work or I can't bear to live. All my life, as long as I can remember, I have worked; work has been my one great joy. Now I stand quite alone in the world, aimless and

forlorn. There is no happiness in working for one's self."
(This relates to the theme, that man must know itself. Christina knows now that she can't be herself if she is serving only herself)
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Act 1) "NORA. How free your life must feel!

MRS. LINDEN. No, Nora; only inexpressibly empty. No one to live for!"
(A development of the quote above, Christina embodies what it's like to man to live without knowing what makes it whole)
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Act 2) "NORA. Seven hours till midnight. Then twenty-four hours till the

next midnight. Then the tarantella will be over. Twenty-four and

seven? Thirty-one hours to live. "
(Nora's "life" depends on her being able to dispel the lie she harbors. And in this case "tarantella" is not just the dance, but her actual hunt for survival)

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HELMER. Don't interrupt me. [A little later he opens the door and
looks in, pen in hand.] Buying, did you say? What! All that? Has
my little spendthrift been making the money fly again? (Act 1, page 2)

NORA. Every day of his life. He has been Torvald's most intimate
friend from boyhood, and he's a good friend of mine too. Doctor
Rank is quite one of the family (Act 2 page 46)

[Sinks into a chair by the door with his face in his
hands.] Nora! Nora! [He looks round and rises.] Empty. She is
gone. [A hope springs up in him.] Ah! The miracle of miracles-?!
[From below is heard the reverberation of a heavy door
closing. (Act 3 Page 86)

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Act I: "That is like a woman!... There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt" (2) Torval says this to Nora after she suggests taking out a loan to pay for extravagant Christmas items, but it is ironic because Torvald doesn't know Nora had taken a loan to pay for the trip to Italy.
"One must live, and so one becomes selfish" (9). Mrs. Linde says this to Nora when she explains her experiences and the live she has lived. This is important because it is Mrs. Linde who pushes Nora towards the notion that Nora does not know herself, has not lived, and the act of knowing herself will involve actions that seem selfish.
"...it was a tremendous pleasure to sit there working and earning money. It was like being a man" (13).
Act II:

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(Michael Meyer's Translation)

Act 1: "Because an atmosphere of lies contaminates and poisons every corner of the home. Every breath that the children draw in such a house contains the germs of evil." Torvald tells Nora when talking about Krogstad.

Act 2: "Well, you see, there are some people whom one loves, and others whom it's almost fun to be with." Nora tells Dr. Rank when they are talking about Dr. Rank's love for Nora.

Act 3:  "I don't believe that any longer. I believe that I am first and foremost a human being, like you - or anyway, that I must try to become one. " Nora tells Torvald about the other duty that is equally sacred to being a wife and mother, which is a duty to herself.

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Act 1:
"An expensive pet for a man to keep."(26)
Torvald says this to Nora about her new spending habits and buying macroons.

Act 2:
"My dear Nora. There's a very important difference between your father and me. Your father's reputation as a public official was not above suspicion. Mine is- and I hope it will remain so, as long as I hold my position."
Torvald is talking to Nora.
It is important that Torvald doesn't budge on his decision on not letting Krogstad work at the bank anymore, because it will ruin his reputation

Act 3:
"At first, yes I was frightened . But twenty  four hours have passes since then, and in that time I have observed some incredible things happening in this house. Torvald must find out all about it.This painful secret must be revealed. They must come to a complete understanding between themselves. That is impossible with all this deception, this hiding of the truth."
Mrs. Linde to Krogstad
Mrs. Linde thinks Nora should tell Torvald everything in order to move on and be happy. Keeping secrets and facades in the victorian was very common, but not a good or healthy thing to do.

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Act 1:
"The worst of a position like mine is that it makes one so bitter. No one to work for, and yet obliged to be always on the lookout for chances. One must live, and so one becomes selfish." (11) Mrs.Linde says this to Nora about her situation.

Act 2:
"A man can put a thing like that straight much easier than a woman" Nora says this to Mrs.Linde. This is an example that it is a man's world.

Act 3:
"It is your fault that I have made nothing of my life!" Nora to Helmer blaming his control on her uneventful life.

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"Can you deny it, Nora dear? [He puts his arm round her.]
It's a sweet little lark, but it gets through a lot of money. No
one would believe how much it costs a man to keep such a little
bird as you."
Torvald to Nora as he described her as a fancy pet for the privilage to spoil.

"You're a child."
From Mrs. Linde to Nora addressing her behavior as "child-like"

NORA: "Tell me, is it really true that you did not love your husband? Why did you marry him?"
MRS. LINDE: "My mother was alive then, and was bedridden and helpless, and I had to provide for my two younger brothers; so I did not think I was justified in refusing his offer."
This quote between Nora and Mrs. Linde tells us about the society pressure has on the decisions of people.

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Act I: "There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing or debt."
Torvald says this to Nora while talking about Torvald's new placement at the bank and borrowing money until he gets paid more.

Act II: "It is a loss you would soon recover from. Those who are gone are soon forgotten." Dr. Rank said this to Nora after he told her he was going to die.

Act III: "Oh well, one can't have anything in this life without paying for it." Dr. Rank said this to Torvald while talking after the dance while Rank was drunk.

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Act 1: "I almost felt as if I was a man."
Nora telling Christine how she saved Torvald's life by earning her own money. A woman is not supposed to work in this male-dominated society, so Nora earning $250 is a big deal.

Act 2: "What did you say? Petty? You think I am petty?"
Torvald to Nora after she accuses him of pettiness when she hears Torvald's reason for not hiring Krogstad. The quote shows how the hisband has power over the wife in the relationship as he questions how she dares to insult him.

Act 3: "no man sacrifices his honor, even for the ones he loves."
Torvald to Nora when they are having thier final discussion. Torvald talks about how he will protect Nora from dangers; however, when the danger is really there, he blames everything on Nora. He is willing to destroy their love in order to keep his reputation.

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“...how painful and humiliating it would be for Torvald, with his manly self-respect, to know that he owed anything to me!”
Nora on how she secretly helped Torvald financially in order to go to Italy.  Telling him the truth would hurt his "man's pride" as the sole provider of the family.

"But knitting now - that’s an ugly business - can’t help it. Look - arms all huddled up - great clumsy needles going up and down - makes you look like a damned china-man."
Torvald on how Mrs. Linde should take up embroidery instead of knitting. Torvald believes embroidery is more aesthetically pleasing than knitting, and that women should take up non "ugly" tasks because they need to keep up appearances as the fairer sex.  He cares more about appearances than functionality, which the same goes for his opinions on a woman's duty to be beautiful rather than capable.

"Was I going to let her stay after and spoil the impression? No, thank you?"
Torvald on Nora's desperate pleas to stay at the party so he wouldn't find out about Krogstad's letter. Torvald believes that a woman's purpose is to simply put on a performance and look beautiful so as to reflect the husband well. Nora is a sort of human doll in this way, dressed up by her husband in order to be shown off.