A Doll's House Quotes

Torvald to Nora

“my little skylark”

Hereditary sin

“These things are hereditary”

Mrs Linde to Nora

“You’re a child”

Krogstad link to Satan

“beastly difficulties”

Korgastad ambition

“I want to get to the top”

Torvald and melodrama

“stop being theatrical”

Tarantella

“as if your life depends on it”

Krogstad regret

“If only I could undo this”

Mrs Linde conformity

“I need someone to be a mother to”

Mrs Linde on the miracle

“There must be an end”

How Torvald views Nora

“secret mistress” and “young bride”

Dr Rank and Nora

“sleep well”

Torvald on Dr Rank

“Dark background to the happy sunlight of our marriage”

Torvald on Nora’s crime

“You destroyed all my happiness”

Nora’s reaction to Torvald’s anger

‘coldly calm’

Doll references

“doll wife” and “doll child”

Change

“I have changed” “stranger”

Humanism

“First and foremost a human being”