Paper 2 Quotes from A Doll's House

Germs

Every breath the children take in such a house is full of the germs of evil

Mrs. L on honesty

They must have a complete understanding between them, which is impossible with all this concealment.

Nora’s realization about her childhood

I was simply transferred from Papa’s hands to yours

Happiness

Not happy! No, only merry.

Christmas tree

Nora is ‘dressing the tree’ and later it is ‘disheveled’

Torvald’s names

‘sweet little spendthrift,’ ‘skylark,’ ‘my squirrel,’ ‘little featherhead,’ ‘little person’

Torvald’s actions after the party

[He brings her gently into the room in spite of her resistance]

Torvald’s performance

we ‘took one quick turn round the room, a curtsy on either side, and… the beautiful apparition disappeared’

During dance practice

The child shall have her way.

Torvald & Nora arguing

No man would sacrifice his honor for the one he loves. It is a thing thousands of women have done.

Torvald’s love for Nora

You have never loved me. You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me.

Dolls

Our home has been nothing but a playroom. I have been your doll-wife, just as at home I was papa's doll-child; and here the children have been my dolls.