Read the excerpt from act 1 of A Doll’s House.
Mrs. Linde: Yes, but your father gave you the necessary funds.
Nora: [smiling] Yes, that is what Torvald and all the others think, but—
Mrs. Linde: But—
Nora: Papa didn't give us a shilling. It was I who procured the money.
Mrs. Linde: You? All that large sum?
Nora: Two hundred and fifty pounds. What do you think of that?
Mrs. Linde: But, Nora, how could you possibly do it? Did you win a prize in the Lottery?
Nora: [contemptuously] In the Lottery? There would have been no credit in that.
Mrs. Linde: But where did you get it from, then?
Nora: [humming and smiling with an air of mystery]. Hm, hm! Aha!
Mrs. Linde: Because you couldn't have borrowed it.
Nora: Couldn't I? Why not?
Mrs. Linde: No, a wife cannot borrow without her husband's consent.
Nora: [tossing her head] Oh, if it is a wife who has any head for business—a wife who has the wit to be a little bit clever—
How does this excerpt best develop the theme that society places limits on the roles of women?
1.As a woman, Nora is supposed to do whatever it takes to save her husband, but she cannot act alone.
2.As a woman, Nora cannot borrow money, but she does so behind her husband’s back in order to save him.
3.As a woman, Nora cannot discuss money with men, so she does not reveal her actions to her husband.
4.As a woman, Nora is supposed to be flawless, so she must hide from her husband any mistake she makes.
