Citing Evidence to Support a Central Idea Nora: Tell me, is it really true that you did not love
your husband? Why did you marry him?
Mrs. Linde: My mother was alive then, and was
bedridden and helpless, and I had to provide for my
two younger brothers; so I did not think I was
justified in refusing his offer.
Nora: No, perhaps you were quite right. He was rich
at that time, then?
Mrs. Linde: I believe he was quite well off. But his
business was a precarious one; and, when he died, it
all went to pieces and there was nothing left.
-A Doll's House,
Henrik Ibsen
How does the character of Mrs. Linde help develop the
idea of gender inequality?
She says that she married her husband to save his
business from failing,
She says that she did not think she could turn
down her husband's proposal
She says that she married her husband because he
was sick and needed care,
She says that she married her husband out of love,
which was not always done at that time.
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