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everydaywelearnsomethingnew
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After reading the play in scene 3..where Nora stated that Torvald didn't love her and how she was passed down from her father to him. Was she upset?

I just didn't get this part of this play..Maybe its the way I read it but she didn't seems to be angry while telling him that he and his father had committed a great sin against her. I love the play just trying to get a better understanding of how the character handle that practicular scene.Starting from you have never loved me to... It is your fault that I have made nothing of my life.

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Posted by everydaywelearnsomethingnew on Sunday January 28, 2007 at 11:45 AM and tagged with a doll's house, a doll’s house, you.

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  1. a-b

    I believe it's essential to Nora's character-- she is unruffled and even though she is saying the worst possible things, she's saying them in a very plain manner. The stage direction says Nora (undisturbed), showing how she is not letting her emotion get the best of her.

    She is clearly very upset, but does not allow her composure to be broken. This makes the scene even more powerful then if she was weeping and wailing.

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    Posted by a-b on Monday January 29, 2007 at 7:14 PM

  2. lostinthought
    lostinthought Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    Nora was not all upset. She was "cold" as the book stated.  But I believe that wasn't even that.  She was unleashed.  She was free of her duties. Everything came out and she felt relieved that she finally could tell Torvald what she really thought.

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    Posted by lostinthought on Monday January 14, 2008 at 3:06 PM

  3. revolution
    revolution Teacher
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    Yes, she was really upset but she kept her composure and not letting her emotion get the better of her in any way possible to show that she is strong and won't break down mentally so easily just for one setback.

    Now she could tell Torvald her true feelings and not needing to hide it in her heart any longer, she was free of misery and she could express herself without feeling constraint or fearful of saying the wrong words.

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    Posted by revolution on Monday July 27, 2009 at 6:53 AM