What does the image of the macaroons come to symbolize in
this excerpt from act 1 of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House?
HELMER (Wagging his finger at her): Hasn't Miss Sweet Tooth been breaking rules in town today?
NORA: No; what makes you think that?
HELMER: Hasn't she paid a visit to the confectioner's?
NORA: No, I assure you, Torvald—
HELMER: Not been nibbling sweets?
NORA: No, certainly not.
HELMER: Not even taken a bite at a macaroon or two?
NORA: No, Torvald, I assure you really—
HELMER: There, there, of course I was only joking.
NORA (Going to the table on the right): I should not think of going against your wishes.
deceit
obedience
gluttony
control
freedom
