A Doll's House pgs 1-11

1)How does the playwright portray Nora, when Krogstad shows up?
2)How does H. Ibsen display irony through dialogue?
Interpret, analyze, and evaluate dialogue and characterization
3) What can the audience infer about Dr. Ranks?
a) "All my patients, too, have the same mania. And it's the same with people whose complaint is moral. At
this very moment Helmwr is talking to just such a moral incurable" (pg 10)
b) "I don't know whether in your part of the country, you have people who go grubbing and sniffing around in
search of moral rottenness- and then, when they have found a "case", don't test till they have got their man
into some good position, where they can keep a watch upon him. Men with a clean bill of health they leave
out in the cold" (pg 10)
4) Dialogue: Through the use of dialogue, explain how Dr. Rank analyzes (Mrs. Linden) and applies his theory
on the collective thought):
Sample representative of society's ideology:
Mrs. Linden: "Well, I suppose the - delicate characters require most care."(pg 10)
Dr. Rank: "[Shrugs his shoulders. There we have it! It's that notion that makes society a hospital."(pg 10)
5a)How does Nora interpret and act? (Claps her hand and laughs)
5b) How does Dr. Rank respond?
Dr. Rank: "Why do you laugh at that? Have you any idea what "society" is?"
5c) How does Nora respond? (Textual Evidence Needed)
6) How does Nora help Christina Linden? What does she plead or beg for?