A Doll's House Love Quotes Page 1
Citations follow this format: (Act.Line). Every time a character talks counts as one line, even if what they say turns into a long monologue.
| Quote #1 NORA: "Tell me, is it really true that you did not love your husband? Why did you marry him?" |
Mrs. Linde was forced to give up on love in order to save her family.
| Quote #2 NORA: "Nonsense! Trying to frighten me like that!--I am not so silly as he thinks. […] And yet--? No, it's impossible! I did it for love's sake." (1.413) |
Nora is under the impression that love supersedes the law.
| Quote #3 NORA: "You know how devotedly, how inexpressibly deeply Torvald loves me; he would never for a moment hesitate to give his life for me." (2.189) |
When Torvald fails to do this at the end of the play, it proves to her that he just doesn't love her as she thinks he should.
