A Doll's House Men and Masculinity 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: "how painful and humiliating it would be for Torvald, with his manly independence, to know that he owed me anything!" (1.197) |
By rescuing her husband, Nora has emasculated him, at least by the standards of the society they live in.
| Quote #2 NORA: "Many a time I was at my wits' end […] I used to sit here and imagine that a rich old gentleman had fallen in love with me […] that he had died; and that when his will was opened it contained […] the instruction: 'The lovely Mrs. Nora Helmer is to have all I possess paid over to her at once in cash.'" (1.205-1.207) |
Even in Nora's dreams, it's a man who saves her.
| Quote #3 NORA: "Christine is […] is frightfully anxious to work under some clever man, so as to perfect herself." (1.282) |
Nora cleverly manipulates Torvald by taking advantage of his stereotypical views of man/woman relations.
