DH1.Questions+16-20

Mrs. Linde came to Nora’s house because she wants a job from Torvald at the bank. The arrival of Mrs. Linda also serves to further establish Nora’s child-like, self-centered, and insensitive character. In her conversation with Mrs. Linde, although Nora sympathizes with her problems, she repeatedly alters the conversation back to her own life with Torvald. It also reveals the distant relationship she has with Mrs. Linde as they haven’t seen or heard from each other in three years. Mrs. Linde’s arrival also serves as a contrast to Nora, as Mrs. Linde is a character who experienced the hardship and sacrifice of the real world.
 * 16. Why has Mrs. Linde come to Nora's house?**

It is evident that Mrs Linde’s use of ‘burden and troubles’ is trying to emphasize her argument. Burden and troubles has similar meanings, and by using both words at the same time, she is trying to emphasize exactly how much she has experienced and how harsh the "life" really is. This emphasis also creates a suggested contrast between Nora and her. It draws upon 'you' and ‘burdens and troubles’ to create the effect that although they started out very similarly as they were once schoolmates, Mrs. Linde is more rigid as they has experienced the many problems of life.
 * 17. Mrs. Linde says to Nora, "...you know so little of the burdens and troubles of life". What literary devices are used here and for what effects?**

When Nora begins to disclose the source of 250 pounds, Mrs. Linde initially expresses disbelief. She repeatedly states that it is impossible for a woman to borrow money from others without her husband’s consent, and says that she does not understand how Nora would have done so. Mrs. Linde’s reactions imply that at the time in Norway, women did not possess property rights or economic dependence.
 * 18. What is Mrs. Linde's initial reaction as Nora begins to reveal the source of the 250 pounds? What does this conversations reveal about the status of women?**


 * 19. Nora suggests that she might have obtained the money from an admirer, but she is insulted when Mrs. Linde suggests imprudence on Nora's part. How does this exchange add to the audience's understanding of Nora?**

The source of the money is not made absolutely clear and hence serves as the build up referred to as the “rising action” phase of Freytag’s Pyramid, which should later be resolved/clarified in the play. Nora’s secret starts to create mystery and suspense in the play as the audience begins to wonder exactly how she managed to come up with such a large sum of money and if she broke any rules in order to do so.
 * 20. Nora gives Mrs. Linde a summary of the source of the funds. In terms of the "well-made play", why is this important?**


 * DH1.Questions 21-25**