A Doll's House and Rossetti

Essay plans

Finish the quote “_ the Christmas tree” (A1, Nora’s first line > foreshadows secrecy)

hide

Finish the quote “I could have got it…” (A1)

from an admirer

Finish the SD “She stuffs the bag of…” (A1)

macaroons, and wipes her mouth

Finish the quote “I did it for love…”

didn’t I?

Finish the quote “When I am no longer…” (A1)

…and Torvald no longer loves me

How are the macaroons described?

“forbidden”

Finish the quote “I mean its lovely to have…” (A1)

heaps of money and to not have to worry about anything

Finish the quote “No children either?…” (A1)

No. Nothing at all then?

Finish the quote “how painful and humiliating it must be…” (A1)

for Torvald to know that he owed me anything

Finish the SD “Nora dances more…” (A2)

wildly

Finish the quote “I’d turn myself into a little fairy…” (A2)

and dance for you in the moonlight Torvald

Finish the quote “Oh- the icy! Oh…” (A2)

that bottomless-

Finish the quote “your _ is here” (A2)

songbird

Finish the SD “throws the…” (A2, T about to open the letter)

shawl over her head

Finish the quote “I don’t accept things…” (A3)

from strangers

Finish the quote “Those are _ _ for my little Nora to use” (A1)

big words

Finish the quote “look at my…” (A2)

most prized possession

Finish the quote “You’re feverish…” (A2)

I almost believe you are out of your mind

Finish the quote “When I saw you dancing the tarantella, like a…” (A2)

temptress, my blood grew hot

Finish the quote “She becomes his…” (A3)

property in a double sense

Finish the quote “I have broad…” (A3)

wings to shield you

Finish the quote “First and _ you are a wife and a mother” (A3)

foremost

Finish the quote “I am man enough to…” (A2)

bear the burden for us both

Give two nicknames that Torvald uses to refer to Nora

songbird, squirrel

Finish Christine’s quote “I need someone to…”

be a mother to

Finish Krogstad’s quote “you are just being…” (A3)

hysterical and romantic

Finish the quote “float up again…” (A2)

ugly, unrecognisable, hairless?

Finish the quote “His father was a frightful…”

creature who kept mistresses and so on

Finish Dr. Rank’s quote “there’s a big black hat…” (death as obliteration)

once its over you, no one can see you anymore

Give an SD from A1 to show Nora’s deceptive behaviour

“she tiptoes”

Finish the quote “What an expensive _ she is to keep” (A1)

pet

Finish the quote “he’s crippled alright…” (Dr. R on Krogstad)

morally twisted

Finish the quote “This secret is…” (A1)

my pride and joy

Finish the quote “you and I…” (A3, Christine and Krogstad)

we need each other

Finish the SD “He leads her, despite…” (A3)

her efforts to resist him

Finish the quote “An exit should always…” (A3)

be dramatic

Finish the quote “We must appear to…” (A3)

live together as before

Finish the quote “I must stand…” (A3)

on my own two feet

Finish the quote “I don’t believe in…” (A3)

miracles any longer

Finish the quote “I don’t want to see…” (A3)

the children

Finish the SD “Pale and trembling, with…” (A3)

wild and hunted eyes

Finish the SD “She sits, as if _” (A2)

crushed

Finish the SD “A room furnished comfortably, and tastefully, but not _” (A1)

extravagantly

Finish the SD “A door slamming is…” (A3)

heard from below

Finish the SD “A hope…” (A3)

strikes him

Finish the quote “Every breath that children draw in such a house…” (A2)

contains the germs of evil

How is the Christmas tree described at the beginning of A2?

“Stripped and dishevelled”