Read this excerpt from a doll's house by henrik ibsen.
nora: more than anyone else. i know you are my truest and best friend, and so i will tell you what it is. well, dr. rank, it is something you must me to prevent. you know how devotedly, how inexpressibly deeply torvald loves me; he would never for a moment hesitate to give his life for me.
rank: (leaning towards her) nora, do you think he is the only one?
nora: (with a slight start) the only one?
rank: the only one who would gladly give his life for your sake.
nora: (sadly) is that it?
rank: i was determined you should know it before i went away, and there will never be a better opportunity than this. now you know it, nora. and now you know, too, that you can trust me as you can trust no one else.
nora: (rises, deliberately and quietly) let me pass.
rank: (makes room for her to pass him, but sits still) nora.

why do you think nora stopped the conversation?

In these lines, we are given a hint of the true relationship between Dr. Rank and Nora. Although he is a minor character in the play, it is often Dr. Rank who is able to see Nora more clearly than anyone else in the play. In this passage, we see that Nora talks about the love that her husband has for her, and Dr. Rank states that he is not the only person who loves her. This implies that Dr. Rank is also in love with her, and Nora most likely stopped the conversation to prevent him from confessing his true feelings.

11-32. the main character in the parable, the forgiving father, whose character remains constant throughout the story, is a picture of god. in telling the story, jesus identifies himself with god in his loving attitude to the lost. the younger son symbolizes the lost (the tax collectors and sinners of that day, luke 15: 1), and the elder brother represents the self-righteous (the pharisees and teachers of the law of that day, luke 15: 2). the major theme of this parable seems not to be so much the conversion of the sinner, as in the previous two parables of luke 15, but rather the restoration of a believer into fellowship with the father. in the first two parables, the owner went out to look for what was lost (luke 15: 1-10), whereas in this story the father waits and watches eagerly for his son's return. we see a progression through the three parables from the relationship of one in a hundred (luke 15: 1-7), to one in ten (luke 15: 8-10), to one in one (luke 15: 11-32), demonstrating god’s love for each individual and his personal attentiveness towards all humanity. we see in this story the graciousness of the father overshadowing the sinfulness of the son, as it is the memory of the father’s goodness that brings the prodigal son to repentance (romans 2: 4).