The play a doll’s house, by henrik ibsen, is set in the victorian era. the two main characters are torvald helmer, a bank manager, and his pretty, devoted wife, nora. torvald has many pet names for his wife, such as, “featherhead,” “spendthrift,” “little squirrel,” “doll-child,” and “frightened singing-bird.”
question: through the character of torvald helmer, what is the writer suggesting victorian men thought of their wives?
answer choices
a. they considered them spoiled and .
b. they considered them elegant and refined.
c. they considered them shallow and weak.
d. they considered them capable and important.

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