PAGE/QUOTATIONS	CONTEXT/CHARACTERS	ANALYSIS
‘we can see a porter carrying a christmas tree’ ‘maid’	Page 27 -	They are living very comfortably, meaning that they are well off - foreshadowing?
‘is that my squirrel rustling’	Page 28 -	Use of dominance/ power in the relationship. Animal imagery - juxtaposes Nora’s true-self. As if the couple don't know each other and put up a show
‘A home that is founded on debts and borrowing can never be a place of freedom and beauty’	Page 29 - helmer	The value of money is the most important to him
it’s incredible what an expensive pet she is for a man to keep’	Page 30 - helmer	Built on dominance
No Torvald - i promise you, honestly -!’	Page 31 - nora	Child vs Adult relationship - has the ask for permission. Repetition of ‘No’ as if trying to convince herself that she is telling the truth.
‘ i’ve three lovely children’ ‘ Well, I mean, it’s lovely to have heaps of money… Don’t you think’	Page 35 -	Narcissistic - true character of Nora and how she only thinks about herself. Flaunting – rubbing salt into the wounds of Mrs linde. Narcissistic
‘oh, it’s the saddest thing that’s happened to me since i got married’	Page 36 -	Double entendre - as if the life she had before isn't worthy to be remembered. Trying to gloat and show off or she is trying to say that her wedding was a sad day
‘I have no Pappa to pay for my holiday Nora’ ‘Especially since you know so little of the worries and	Page 38 - Mrs Linde	Retaliation back, use of the comma and the pronoun
‘Speak quietly!.. He mustn't at any price - no one must know, christine - no one but you’	Page 39 -	Thicle - trying to make her situation look way worse
‘Your dying of curiosity now, aren't you christine’	Page 41 -	Not only trying to seem appealing to christine but also to the audience - for the audience to outright identify her narcissism
‘it was almost like being a man’ ‘yes torval. I cant get anywhere without your help’	Page 42 vs Page 60	Foreshadow - contrasts to her true intentions and actions. Wanting to make him feel more like a man in order to get his favour She is not as innocent as she puts on
‘i didn't know that Krog - that this man Krogstad..’	Page 46 -	Pretending not to know him
‘I’ve the most extraordinary longing to say: ‘bloody hell!’’	Page 47 -	Child-like behaviour
‘Christine - ? forgive me but i don't think-’	Page 47 - Krogstad	Contrast between Helmer and Krogstad behaviours. Self-involved vs gentlemen
‘oh. I wouldn't dream of it. Goodbye, nora dear’	Page 49 - Mrs Linde	Ready to leave and get away from nora
now the door is half opened and Krogstad enters’ ‘ no, the strange gentlemen won’t do anything to hurt mummy’	Page 50 -	Creepy man peeking through (contrast between him and helmer) - sneaky man who peaks at a women while playing hide and seek with her children Planting the idea to krogstad that there are people around so he cant do anything - defence tacktick - smart move…
isnt that a curious little problem, mrs helmer’ Nora is silent	Page 56 - Krogstad	Use of the pronouns to paint nora as a wife (shes gloated about her husband a lot). First time nora has been out-smarted from her lies; the beginning of her downfall
‘my little songbird must neer do that again’	Page 59 -	Nora is caught on her lie - use of dominance to make her seem scared or inferior
‘ silly, silly. Of course he wont do anything. It couldn't happen’	Page 63 -	Paranoia - mirrored to ASCND - symbolism of the craziness that comes when lies are being foretold
‘poor little miss nora, you never had any mother but me’	Page 64 - Nurse	Nora making the nurse feel sorry for her even though it was the nurse herself that lost her child (was birthed out of wedlock) - narcissist
‘torvald want… Torvald had it made… torvald understand how’	Page 65 -	The use of dominance and how Nora relies on, or pretends to, rely on torvald. Could highlight her true intentions - that she is however stronger than torvald but decides to pretend that shes inferior - character
dr rank has been sickly ever since he was a child’	Page 66 -	Dad passed on an STD to the son through DNA - he's not able to marry or do many things - will pass soon
‘if little squirrel asked you really prettily to grant her a wish-’	Page 69 -	Meant to make us wince - submissive in order to make him emasculated
‘your father was not a man of unassailable reputation. But I am.’	Page 70 - Helmer	Not only trying to make nora feel undermined, but she is also bringing her father into it, even though he thinks that he had paid for their trip away.
‘i am man enough to bear the burden for us both’	Page 72 - Helmer	Fickle - self love vs egotistical
‘it's too sad that all those lovely things should affect one’s spine’	Page 75 -	Euphemism - playing dumb - metaphor. The symbolism of the oysters/truffles compared to
‘i shall dance; and you must imagine im doing it just for you’ ‘I shant show you anything else. Youre being naughty’	Page 76 -	Flirtatious - taking control of rank and using his feeling to her to her advantage to get what he wants Shes the one who led him on
- ‘Nora - do you think he is the only one -?’	Page 77 - Rank	Playing on his love for her, wants to prove that he is better than torvald event though she always responds with ‘ you know how much torvald loves me’
‘bring the lamp’ ‘Aren’t you ashamed of yourself, now that the lamp’s been lit?’	Page 78 -	Appears when the truth is prominent - embarasses him. Lightens the mood - contrast with blanche who wants to be in the dark. Blanche thinks she is still young whereas Nora wants to be seen
‘ let me play for her’	Page 88 - Rank	Trying to be the ‘biggest man’ in front of Torvald..
‘Nils, suppose we two shipwrecked souls could join hands? ‘ i need someone to be a mother to; and your children needs a mother’	Page 93 + Page 94 - mrs linde reconciling with Krogstad	Vulnerability/ change between Krogstad and how he is now seen as gentle in this moment in comparison to scene 1
‘I’ve never been so happy in my life before!’	Page 96 - Krogstad	Change in characters attitude
‘ was i going to let her stay on after that and spoil the impression?’	Page 97 - Helmer	Cuts off Nora from speaking. The start of his tangent where he dominates the conversation (structure)
‘ its much prettier. Watch me, now’ ‘I am right, aren't i?’	Page 98 - Helmer	Similarities between him and nora with their arrogance. Feel that they are of a higher class to others
‘Treasure possession… thats mine, mine alone, all mine’	Page 99 - Helmer	Open objectification of women - possessive pronouns
‘ my secret mistress’ ‘Young bride’ ‘I seized you and dragged you down’	Page 100 - Helmer	Dominance
There is a jbock on the front door	Page 100	No privacy A saviour to her rescue - can hear a bell everywhere in a house but this seems more discrete - may or may not hear it
‘These are big words for my little nora to use’	Page 101
‘You never get anything in this life without paying for it’ ‘There’s a big, black hat.. Invisible hat’	Page 102 - rank	Suffering from his fathers death. Foreshadows to nora having to pay the money Death - the grim reaper
‘ your wife need only appear as her normal everyday self-’	Page 102	A last chance for him to make a bold move in regards to getting Nora's attention
‘Sleep well, Dr Rank’ ‘Wish me the same’ ‘You? Very well - since you ask	Page 103	Narcissistic
‘ often i wish some terrible danger might threaten you so that i could offer my life and blood’	Page 104 - helmer	Ironic Intimidation - lies vs reaction Lack of empathy to those who are not in their Dolls house
‘Never see him again. Never. Never. Never.’ ‘Goodbye my darlings!’	Page 105	Most likely to end her life
‘Yes. now i am beginning to understand’	Page 106 - nora	First time she has been silent in fron of torvald. Her awakening
‘ i am in the power of a man who completely without scriptures’ ‘When i am gone from this world, you will be free’	Page 106 - torvald vs nora	Tries to break her by not only bringing up her father but
‘I dare no longer entrust them to you’ The front dorr bell rings (locks the front door)	Page 107 + 106 - torvald	Wants to be in control but itsnt and privacy
‘Yes, yes, it’s true! I am save! Nora, i am saved!’	Page 108	Arrogance vs egotistical
’oh, these must have been three dreadful days for you, Nora’ ‘Ah, my poor little Nora, I understand’	page 108 - helmer	change in tone - helmer is dominating the speech that Nora once had Arrogance and condescending
’taking off my fancy dress’ (offstage)	page 109 - Nora	her peripetia - as if she has finally grown up. Removing the character that he painted onto her She is no longer the innocencent character that she was displaying
‘He called me his little doll, and he played with me just the way I played with my dolls’ ‘I used to be papa’s doll-child’	page 111 - Nora	she is composed and she is now taking dominance over the conversation. Her father played with her like a doll and now she is living in the doll house that her husband created - a puppet Reference to ASCND
‘young a woman’ to ‘you’re talking like a child’ to ‘Nora, you’re I’ll. You’re feverish’	page 114 - helmer, the change in the way he approaches her	Manipulation - as if trying different words i order to distract her and get her back into his ‘dolls house’ Link to stanley in ASCND where both men use their emotional abuse to make them (women) feel undermined
‘No, that’s exactly it’	Page 114	Symbolism - the remaining of the costume - the start of a new life
‘No man can be expected to sacrifice his honour, even for the person her loves’ ‘Millions of women have done it’	Page 116 - helmer - his last resort	The contrast between societal views vs feminism and how women (particularly Nora) who goes against the norms
‘I have strength to change’	Page 116	His worries of losing his reputation - the woman leaving the relationship will tarnish his name. Nora hold no maternal instinct and just wanted them to be a part of her dolls house
‘But can’t we live here as brother and sister, then - ?’	Page 116	Desperate - Not worried about her and how they act, but rather his reputation - juxtaposition: his words don't match his actions

A doll's house