A Doll's House Quotes

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Themes covered- gender, appearances, concealment, morality, familial obligations

Last updated 11:40 AM on 4/9/23
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==*'my little...'*==

Helmer Act One

(Gender)
'my little… 'lark' 'songbird' 'squander-bird' 'squirrel'
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==*'...how like...'*==

Helmer Act One

(Gender)
'O Nora, how like a woman!'
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==*'…tired…pretty eyes &…'*==

Helmer Act One

(Gender)
'you don't have to tire your pretty eyes and delicate little hands'
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==*'…proud...man…completely wreck'*==

Helmer Act One

(Gender)
‘he’s so proud of being a man’ if he knew about the loan it would ‘completely wreck our relationship’
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==*'How on earth... influence'*==

Nora Act One

(Gender)
'How on earth could you imagine that I would have any influence over my husband?'
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==*‘…can’t get…’*==

Nora Act One

(Gender)
‘I cant get anywhere without your help’
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==*‘ship-…survival’*==

Mrs Linde Act Three

(Gender, love)
‘two ship-wrecked souls… better chance of survival together’
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==*‘mine…x3’ (follows)*==

Helmer Act Three

(Gender)
‘mine, mine alone, all mine’ (follows her)
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==*‘you’re… mistress’ /…’bride… /trembling…’*==

Helmer Act Three

(Gender)
‘you’re my secret little mistress’ ‘young bride’ who is ‘trembling and beautiful’
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==*‘Don’t want?…husband?’*==

Helmer Act Three

(Gender- marriage)
‘Don’t want? Don’t want? Aren’t I your husband?'
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==*‘she…property…double sense… not only…’*==

Helmer Act Three

(Gender- marriage)
‘she has become his property in a double sense… she is not only his wife but also his child’
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%%*‘sacred duties… towards yours’*%% *Helmer*

==‘*my…myself’*== Nora Act Three

(Gender, marriage, familial obligations)
‘sacred duties… duties towards your husband and children’

‘My duty towards myself’
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==*‘lean… counsel’*==

Helmer to Nora Act Three

(Gender)
‘Just lean on me I will counsel you’
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==*‘first and*== %%*foremost…’*%% Helmer

==*‘…human…like’*== Nora Act Three

(Gender, marriage, familial obligations)
‘First and foremost you are a wife and mother’

‘I am first and foremost a human being, like you’
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==*‘…true man.. feminine… doubly…’*==

Helmer to Nora Act Three

(Gender)
‘I would not be a true man if your feminine helplessness did not make you doubly attractive in my eyes’
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==*‘…is slammed…’*==

Nora (stage directions) Act Three

(Gender, freedom)
The street door is slammed shut downstairs
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*(…maca*^^*roons…)*^^

Nora Act One

(Maintaining appearances, concealment)
(hiding the bag of macaroons)
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*‘heaps… Oh God’*

Nora Act One

(Maintaining appearances)
‘heaps and heaps’ ‘Oh God oh God’
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*‘dance.. dre*==*ss… fool’*==

Nora Act One

(Maintaining Apperances, Gender)
‘dance and dress up and play the fool for him’
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*‘couldn’t…decide… go as… ought to….?’*

Nora Act One

(Maintaining Appearances)
‘couldn’t you help me decide what I shall go as and what kind of costume I ought to wear?’
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*‘he must we*@@*ar a mask…presence…’*@@

Helmer about Korgstad Act One

(Maintaining Appearances, morality)
‘he must wear a mask even in the presence of those who are dearest to him’
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*(…Christmas tree… stripped)*

Stage Directions Act Two

(Maintaining Appearances)
(The Christmas tree stands, stripped and dishevelled)
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*‘hates… ugly’*

Rank about Helmer Act Two

(Maintaining Appearances)
‘he hates anything ugly’
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*‘…dare… risk’*

Krogstad about Helmer Act Two

(Maintaining Appearances)
‘He wont dare risk a scandal’
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*‘his suffering loneliness… dark background… sunlight…’*

Helmer about Rank Act Two

(Maintaining Appearances)
‘his suffering and loneliness seemed to provide a kind of dark background to the happy sunlight of our marriage’
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*(…dance*==*s more…)*==

Nora’s tarantella Act Two

(Maintaining Appearances, Gender)
Nora dances more and more wildly
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*‘happy and…’*

Rank about N + H’s home

(Maintaining Appearances)
‘happy and peaceful’
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*‘…worth looking*==*…? Isn’t…?’*==

Helmer to Mrs Linde about Nora Act Three

(Maintaining Appearances, Gender)
‘Isn’t she worth looking at?’ ‘Isn’t she beautiful
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*‘…bore…is’*

Helmer about Mrs Linde Act Three

(Maintaining Appearances)
‘dreadful bore that woman is’
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*(takes off…) (in everyday…) ‘Yes Torvald…’*

Nora Act Three

(Maintaining Appearances)
(takes off fancy dress)

(in everyday dress)

‘Yes Torvald I have changed’
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@@*‘…in …blood… hereditary…’*@@

Helmer to Nora Act One

(Morality, inherited sickness)
‘it’s in your blood… these things are hereditary’
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@@*‘moral cripple…’*@@

Helmer about Krogstad Act One

(Morality)
‘moral cripple… crippled all right: morally twisted’
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@@*‘poisoning… with his lies…’*@@

Helmer about Krogstad Act One

(Morality)
‘poisoning his children with his lies and pretences’
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@@*‘… all young criminals… mothers… liars’*@@

Helmer Act One

(Morality inherited)
‘nearly all young criminals and children of mothers who are constitutional liars’
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@@*‘corrupt… poison’*@@

Nora Act One

(Morality)
‘Corrupt my children! Poison my home!’
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@@*‘his father…frightful… kept mistresses’ … ’Rank… sickly… was child’*@@

Helmer about Rank Act One

(Morality)
‘his father was a frightful creature who kept mistresses… as a result Dr Rank has been a sickly child ever since he was a child’
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@@*‘all you father’s… handed on…’*@@

Helmer to Nora Act Three

(Morality, inherited traits)
‘all your father’s recklessness and instability has been handed on to you’

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@@*‘…know… religion means’ ‘… can’t accept…laws’*@@

Nora to Helmer Act Three

(Morality)
‘I don’t really know what religion means’ ‘I can’t accept that such laws can be right’
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%%*‘not even… sorrow’*%%

Mrs Linde about death of husband Act One

(Familial obligations)
‘not even a feeling of loss or sorrow’
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%%*‘no one…’*%%

Mrs Linde Act One

(Familial obligations)
‘no one to live for’
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%%*‘…foolish… save…?’*%%

Nora Act One

(Familial obligations, sacrifice)
‘is it foolish to save one’s husband’s life?’
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%%*‘…their sake… respectability…’*%%

Krogstad Act One

(Familial obligations)
‘for their sake I must try to regain what respectability I can’
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%%*‘hasn’t… the right… save…’*%%

Nora Act One

(Familial obligations, sacrifice)
‘hasn’t a wife the right to save her husband’s life?’
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%%*‘miracle of…’*%%

Nora Act Two & Helmer Act Three

(Familial obligations, sacrifice)
‘miracle of miracles’ N

‘miracle of miracles?’ H
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%%*‘terrible.. threaten… offer…sake’*%%

Helmer to Nora Act Three

(Familial obligations, sacrifice)
wishes ‘a terrible danger might threaten you so I could offer… everything for your sake’
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%%*‘Yes… beginning…’ ‘…don’t believe…’*%%

Nora to Helmer Act Three

(Sacrifice)
‘Yes. Now I’m beginning to understand’ ‘I don’t believe in miracles any longer’
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%%‘gone…free’%% Nora

%%*‘assist… slightest’*%% Helmer Act Three

(Familial obligations, sacrifice)
‘When I am gone from this world you will be free’

‘wouldn’t assist me in the slightest’
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%%*‘no man… sacrifice…even…’*%% Helmer

==*‘millions…’*== Nora Act Three

(Sacrifice, Gender)
‘no man can be exepected to sacrifice his honour, even for the person he loves’

‘millions of women have done it’
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^^*‘Hide… tree’*^^

Nora Act One

(Concealment)
‘Hide the Christmas tree carefully’
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^^*‘no… certainly… promise’*^^

Nora to Helmer Act One

(Concealment, secrecy)
‘no… Certainly not… Torvald I promise you’
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^^*‘…mustnt…’*^^

Nora about Helmer Act One

(Concealment, secrecy)
‘he mustn’t know’ (about the loan)
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^^*‘…anyone been…?’*^^ Helmer

‘…no’ Nora Act One

(Concealment)
‘Has anyone been here?’

‘Here? No.’
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^^*‘unhappy… revealed’*^^

Mrs Linde to Krogstad about Nora Act Three

(Concealment)
‘This unhappy secret of Nora must be revealed’
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^^*‘must not… letter’*^^

Mrs Linde to Krogstad Act Three

(Secrecy)
‘No Nils you must not ask for that letter back’

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