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What do I represent and what is my purpose in the play?
Who am I?
Who says this and to whom?
What are these symbols of?
What is this part of the play or what does this symbolize?
100
The Christmas tree
What is a symbol of the Helmer's marriage?
100
A doll.
What is Nora to Torvald and her father?
100
"first and foremost you are a wife and a mother"
What does Torvald say to Nora in Act 3?
100
The letterbox
What is the symbol of Helmer's control of the marriage?
100
Torvald opening the letter from Krogstad and confronting Nora.
What is the climax of the play?
200
The macaroons.
What is a symbol of secrecy and deception?
200
A foil to Nora
How does the character of Mrs Linde work in the play?
200
"You see there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with"
What does Nora say to Helmer in Act 3?
200
The tarantella.
What is symbolic of Nora's disintegration?
200
Krogstad blackmailing Nora.
What is the inciting incident of the play, leading to Nora's dilemma and the climax?
300
Nora over-tipping the porter.
What is symbolic of Nora's extravagance?
300
I am a firm believer in parent's indiscretions being passed down to children
What does Helmer tell Nora about heredity in reference to Krogstad?
300
"when you have sold yourself once for the sake of others, you don't do it a second time".
What does Mrs Linde tell Nora about her marriage?
300
The silk stockings.
What is symbolic of Nora's sexuality and used to tease Dr. Rank?
300
The darkness of night, the day after Christmas.
What is the setting for Act 3?
400
Krogstad's letter (2 part answer required)
What is a symbol for the truth and also a dramatic device which adds tension to the climax and rising action.
400
"The bringer of light"
Who is Nora?
400
"I'm also like a half-drowned woman on a wreck. No one to suffer with; no one to care for."
What does Mrs Linde say to Krogstad in Act 2?
400
The slamming of the door.
What is symbolic of Nora's leaving her marriage and search for identity?
400
Christmas Eve, early in the day.
What is setting for Act 1?
500
Unity of time, place and action.
What are the three unities in drama?
500
Krogstad
Who is the antagonist?
500
"No man would sacrifice his honour for the one he loves"
What does Torvald tell Nora about honour?
500
The doll's house.
What represents Nora's marriage?
500
Dr Rank's inherited syphilis, Nora's deception and Krogstad's blackmailing.
What are symbolic of moral and physical decay?