Plot
What reason did Nora give for taking out the loan?
To get the money to take Torvald to Italy in order to save his life.
What is the story's stance regarding Women's rights?
Women deserve autonomy in their own lives and the same freedoms and rights as men.
What is the name of Nora’s husband?
Torvald
What is the most prominent symbol in the story?
The dolls house
Why did Nora attempt to convince Torvald to give Krogstad a job?
Krogstad was black mailing Nora with the fact she had fraudulently taken out a loan.
What is the story’s lesson regarding the nature of secrets?
Secrets are often destructive to families and relationships and keep people from having true meaningful conversations that are often needed.
Who is Rank? What part did he play in the set-up of the story?
He is the doctor who recommended that Nora and Torvald go to Italy to cure his illness.
What do Torvald's PET names for Nora symbolise in their relationship?
Oppression, characterizing her as weak and decorative with names like “skylark” and “squirrel”.
What role did Mrs . Linde play during the ending of the play ?
She was crucial in convincing Krogstad not to turn Nora in by proposing they be together.
What is the story’s stance on societal expectations and norms?
Societal norms are often destructive to women and men to some degree.
Who was Nora secretly indebted to?
Krogstad
What does the tarentella dance represent with regard to Nora’s situation?
The point of no return, climax, extreme irony regarding the powerlessness of Nora to help her situation.
What happened to the loan in the end?
Krogstad sent the loan to Torvald who ripped it up and threw it in the fireplace.
What is the story’s lesson regarding individualism?
It's important to be your own person and live for yourself instead of others.
Which character starts off with a sense of bitter envy towards Nora’s situation but ends up turning into a genuine friend by the end of the story?
Mrs.Linde
What do the macaroons represent? How do they play into Nora’s childlike image?
Deception, rebellion…
What is the significance of the ending of the play?
Nora slams the door behind her, escaping the place she’d been told to stay in society, the ending symbolizes her rejecting staying within her husband's control, no longer being a doll.
What is the story’s stance on familial and parental obligations ?
parents are moral educators to their children and pass on either virtue or corruption.
What is the name of at least 1 of Nora and Helmer’s 3 children?
Ivar, Bobby and Emmy
What do the letter box and key represent?
Torvald’s power in the relationship over Nora.