Read the passage from A Doll's House.
Helmer: [calls out from his room]. Is that my little lark
How do the stage directions in brackets affect the
meaning of the text?
twittering out there?
Nora: [busy opening some of the parcels]. Yes, it is!
O They tell the reader that Torvald opens his door only
when
he realizes that Nora has spent money.
Helmer Is it my little squirrel bustling about?
They tell the reader that Torvald uses pet names for
Nora: Yes!
Nora and treats her like a child.
Helmer: When did my squirrel come home?
O They show the reader that Torvald thinks that Nora
bought too much
Nora: Just now. [Puts the bag of macaroons into her
O They show the reader that Torvald prefers his pets
pocket and wipes her mouth.] Come in here, Torvald,
over his wife.
and see what I have bought.
Helmer: Don't disturb me. [A little later, he opens the
door and looks into the room, pen in hand.] Bought, did
you say? All these things? Has my little spendthrift
been wasting money again?
Nora: Yes but, Torvald, this year we really can let