Ibsen's A Doll's House follows Nora Helmer from her Christmas shopping to her final exit. Which is the best reason to call Mrs Linde a supporting character?

In A Doll's House, what is the central change in Nora by the close of Act III?

In Act I of A Doll's House, Torvald calls out, "Is it my little squirrel bustling about?" and later, "Come, come, my little skylark must not droop her wings." What do these names show about how he sees Nora?

In A Doll's House, Torvald tells Nora: "You are an odd little soul. Very like your father. You always find some new way of wheedling money out of me." Which method of characterization reveals Nora here?

A Doll's House opens with this stage direction: "She takes a packet of macaroons from her pocket and eats one or two; then goes cautiously to her husband's door and listens." How does the reader first learn that Nora hides things?

In Act I of A Doll's House, Nora offers Doctor Rank a macaroon. He says, "I thought they were forbidden here." Nora answers, "Yes, but these are some Christine gave me." What does this exchange reveal about Nora?

In A Doll's House, Krogstad presses Nora about the borrowed money. She answers, "That trip was to save my husband's life; I couldn't give that up." What motivation does Nora name here?

In Act II of A Doll's House, Krogstad tells Nora: "I want to rehabilitate myself, Mrs Helmer; I want to get on; and in that your husband must help me." What does Krogstad want?

In A Doll's House, Mrs Linde explains her first marriage: "I had to provide for my two younger brothers; so I did not think I was justified in refusing his offer." What does this show about women's choices in the play's society?

In Act I of A Doll's House, Nora hints that she found the money herself. Mrs Linde replies, "No, a wife cannot borrow without her husband's consent." What does this line tell the reader about that society?

In A Doll's House, Krogstad tells Nora that her forgery is a crime, whatever her reason. He says, "The law cares nothing about motives." Nora answers, "Then it must be a very foolish law." What conflict does this exchange set out?

In A Doll's House, Krogstad leaves after threatening Nora. She tosses her head and says the threat is nonsense, then pauses and says, "I did it for love's sake." What does this moment show?

In Act III of A Doll's House, Torvald reads Krogstad's letter and says to Nora: "Now you have destroyed all my happiness. You have ruined all my future." What does his outburst reveal that he values most?

In A Doll's House, Torvald opens Krogstad's second letter and cries, "I am saved! Nora, I am saved!" Nora asks, "And I?" What does this brief exchange reveal?

In Act III of A Doll's House, Nora says: "I have been your doll-wife, just as at home I was papa's doll-child; and here the children have been my dolls." What is Nora naming?

In A Doll's House, Nora says, "I have other duties just as sacred," and names them, "Duties to myself." Torvald answers, "Before all else, you are a wife and a mother." What does each speak for?

In Act III of A Doll's House, Torvald asks Nora whether she has no religion. She replies: "I am afraid, Torvald, I do not exactly know what religion is." What is Nora saying?

In Act I of A Doll's House, Nora says of the people who might lend money, "Who would bother about them? I should not know who they were." Torvald replies, "That is like a woman!" What does his reply do?

In A Doll's House, Nora tells Mrs Linde that she secretly earned money by taking on copying work, writing late into the night.

A Doll's House ends with Torvald alone in the empty room, still hoping aloud, and then this stage direction: "[The sound of a door shutting is heard from below.]" Why does Ibsen end the play on that direction?