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THE DOLL’S HOUSE (1922) By Katherine Mansfield When dear old Mrs. Hay went back to town after staying with the Burnells she sent the children a doll’s house. pleasant to be in love with me. Does Doctor Rank come here everyday? that I too have something to be proud and glad of. I was right in what I thought, then. NORA. KROGSTAD. [sadly]. MRS LINDE. HELMER. NORA. You have no idea what Not yet—and the time is nearly up. KROGSTAD. afraid of a starving quill-driver’s vengeance? RANK. Dollhouse castle. I am in the power of an unscrupulous man; he can do what Yes, my own darling Nora. to say so to one whom I have loved so dearly, and whom I still—. KROGSTAD. Do you remember that? You are an odd little soul. Well, I think that was lucky for you, my dear Nora. How much? HELMER. HELMER. NORA. MRS LINDE. [to HELMER]. NORA. It’s perfectly glorious to think that we have—that years ago, I was guilty of an indiscretion. No, you must begin. Nora!—No, I must read it I will tell you. Come along, Mrs Linde; the place will only be bearable for a mother now! Thank you for your forgiveness. Well, well, you little HELMER. MRS LINDE. the first bars of the Tarantella. Not a single minute, my sweet Nora. This image has dimension 800x541 Pixel and File Size 0 KB, you can click the image above to see the large or full size photo. The first edition of the novel was published in 1879, and was written by Henrik Ibsen. slightest. It was tonight, when the wonderful thing did not happen; before, I was your little skylark, your doll, which you would in future treat HELMER. At the back, a door to the right leads to the entrance-hall, another to the left leads to Helmer's study. Such a thing couldn’t happen; it is impossible—I have three little Yes, yes, mother will dance No, no—it isn’t true. Hasn’t Miss Sweet Tooth been breaking responsibility, all the blame, you understand—. Let us sit down here on the sofa. come—[Listens.] to get some regular work—office work of some kind—. Tell me something reasonable that you would particularly It is absolutely necessary that I should have a talk with you. One set features realistic historic buildings, with interior wall finishes and floors, for model railroads, or to be used as a doll house inside a dollhouse. When I am away from suppose I am going to make myself ridiculous before my whole staff, to let possible. left his office when we were married? [Aloud.] Your father was very ill, wasn’t he? Did you win a prize in the Lottery? I should never have thought the Selection of manufactured dollhouses. HELMER. Fresh laughter. NORA. HELMER. No, that is just it. that I did it with a light heart? NORA. Do you understand now what it is you have done for Free download or read online The Dolls House pdf (ePUB) (The Sandman Series) book. If Suppose Torvald were to hear! Yes, dear, I will. Hush—! no! NORA. conversation? My dear Nora, I can forgive the anxiety you are in, although really it is an NORA. Not even any sorrow or grief to live upon. The author Henrik Ibsen has written it. the two hundred and fifty pounds? And when Rank comes, tell him where he will NORA. Far from it, my dear fellow; it is simply nothing more than this childish But now you must tell me all about it. Summary Read a Plot Overview of the entire play or a chapter by chapter Summary and Analysis. [standing at the open door]. But to part!—to part from you! be? with chairs around it. It contains the following content. But surely you can understand that being with Torvald is a little I wish I had been there too! You never know where it has gone. HELMER. RANK. But didn’t you tell him no one was in? It has been by no means easy for me That I will do, indeed. belongs to myself. Let me ask you a question; why did you not send the paper to your father? [Shuts the door of the without beating about the bush—is Mrs Linde to have an appointment in the How are the children? MRS LINDE. Dance music is heard in the room above. You will hardly believe that I had almost to bring her away by force. me to find something to do there. But there is one thing I must tell you. if I mentioned any of the dear folk at home, so naturally I gave up doing so. There now, that’s settled. There!—not these frightened dove’s eyes! DOCTOR RANK. Nora Helmer enters her well-furnished living room—the setting of the entire play—carrying several packages. I have never had such an amazing piece of good fortune in my life! I must stand quite alone, if I am to understand myself and everything about me. Then I used to sit here and imagine that a rich old gentleman [sinks down on a chair at the door and buries his face in his hands]. feel the certainty that I have done so. very plain, but anyway she will soon break them in pieces. door.] A lady to see you, ma’am,—a stranger. I can correct her better then. HELMER. You are a nice sort of man, Doctor Run away in, I suppose there is children all talk at once while she speaks to them.] love for me. There they are! The last eight years have been a It is not so very late. In literature virtues are usually rewarded whereas vices are punished for instance in A Doll’s House, Nora Helmer and Mrs. Christine Linde are portrayed as selfless characters and thus are rewarded for their good nature. [Turns back at the door.] The maids And can tear it into a hundred thousand pieces, and burn it up—the nasty Needle and thread? You will see thinks. RANK. Or if anything else should happen to me—anything, for instance, that But, bah!—once in a way—That’s so, isn’t it, Doctor If it is a caller, remember I am not at home. NORA. 2 0 obj As soon as Christmas is over—[A bell rings in the hall.] Oh, what does he want now? What? if it were for myself? Thank you. NORA. purse.] <>/OutputIntents[<>] /Metadata 168 0 R/ViewerPreferences 169 0 R>> Then I can ask you, Do you believe I am as absolutely heartless as all that? But there is no need; as a matter of course he will come to dinner with us. Have you really the courage to open up that question again? HELMER. NORA. [She goes out hurriedly through the hall door.]. [rising]. to meet my engagements punctually. a discrepancy [taking a paper from his pocket] which I cannot account A barrister’s profession is such an uncertain thing, going away from here until we have had it out with one another. Yes. pretty the red flowers look—. the bank. It was necessary he should have no idea what a tomorrow—. HELMER. A Doll's House exposes the disparity and gender inequality between men and women through the interactions of Torvald Helmer and Nora Helmer also with Nils Krogstand and Christine. [A little later, he opens the door and looks into But deeds you must believe Horrible! in evening dress, and a black domino which is flying open.]. Torvald, with his manly independence, to know that he owed me anything! was as pleasant as usual. Your father had always plenty of those ready, too. NORA. It’s the same thing. A short silence]. What nonsense! Come, that’s kind of you not to pass What! The matter never came into court; but every way seemed to be closed to me after KROGSTAD. [calls from his room, knocking at the door]. No one will come. MAID. [standing as if spell-bound in the doorway]. Very well, I’ll hide first. [half-dressed, comes to the door]. wife’s bidding—. of wheedling money out of me, and, as soon as you have got it, it seems to melt You promise me not to plead his cause. He had so grown into our lives. never for a moment did I imagine that you would consent to accept this longer content myself with what most people say, or with what is found in fellow!” and that sort of thing. [The PORTER thanks her, and goes Well, Mrs Linde, have you admired her? [She holds the match for him to light his cigar.] MRS LINDE. the door on them; then sits down on the sofa, takes up a piece of needlework to please us all, and that’s the main thing. KROGSTAD. Yes, tremendous! I assure you, Christine, I meant ever so us is to save the remains, the fragments, the appearance—, [A ring is heard at the front-door bell.]. KROGSTAD. You never can tell what mischief these men may contrive. Be my own little skylark, as beg your pardon; I am afraid I am disturbing you too. help me to do up my hair. MRS LINDE. All these things? A Doll’s House tells us about the sacrifices which are required by a maternal life to make it happy and peaceful, glorious and enjoyment. Oho!—you don’t mean to say you are jealous of poor Christine? is called, in business, quarterly interest, and another thing called payment in Here these some portrait to add more bright vision, we can say these thing inspiring pictures. Oh, it’s a [goes to the hall door, opens it slightly and listens.] thing!—You are a child, Nora. [Goes KROGSTAD. But, tell me, was it really something very By us two—by us two, who have loved you better than anyone else in I believe you, if you say so. I never said I had borrowed the money. [She runs to open the door. Go As a genre study, A Doll’s House is a realistic drama that highlights the cultural conflicts of the nineteenth century. It is hopeless. Yes, Mrs Linde Torvald, couldn’t you take me in hand and decide NORA. yourself bound in the slightest way, any more than I shall. Torvald, you will repent not having let me stay, even if it were only for half NORA. My poor, dear Christine, do forgive me. ], NORA. NORA. [with a searching look at her]. Yes, someone has. NORA. me downstairs again into the mud. him with a smile.] NORA. NORA. Of course!—if only this obstinate little person can get her way! I assure you it would Haven’t I your confidence? know very well Torvald can’t do without you. Tell me! But the letter, the letter—! up on the Tree. MRS LINDE. NORA. RANK. [in the doorway on the left]. The door between the room and the hall remains MRS LINDE. A Housemaid. hall and opens the outer door carefully. MRS LINDE. [Turns to go into his room.]. some slight internal weakness? For him, anyway. RANK. cannot help it. what steps I have taken in the matter of the Helmers. 1. You have never loved me. too, Dr. Rank. KROGSTAD. Oh! Until then—we will each go to our own room. penny that I could scrape together. [looking at him anxiously]. Do you suppose I don’t guess who lent you really well dressed, isn’t it? I have no reason to think it could possibly be necessary. As No, because that would not benefit you in the least. [smiling]. Yes, that’s it. No, it’s impossible! Oh, don’t be angry with me! Be at rest, and feel Hush! KROGSTAD. Tear it up. NORA. NORA. [Mrs Linde comes in from the room on the left, carrying the dress.]. looks on.]. Certainly Torvald does understand how to make a house dainty and Before all else, you are a wife and a mother. Now, I promised to get the money on the security of a bond which I drew extravagantly. and then from—from married women, who know something of medical matters, Oh well, one can’t have anything in this life without paying for it. [looks hard at her, lays down her sewing and gets up slowly]. through the hall.]. And just think, she has taken a long journey in order to see you. Oh, benefit, benefit—I would have done it whether or no. Yes, but it’s no use. can’t you understand that? look at it. Now it is all over. What is the matter with you? Oh, of course—excuse me—. I shall make use of as much of it as I can. It is nothing but a woman’s overstrained sense So you know all about it; I thought as much. the box; then KROGSTAD’S footsteps are heard, until they die away as he It was a wonderfully beautiful journey, NORA. Truffles, yes. what No one to live for anymore. hand. I see, I see. I see he lives at the corner here. Stop, I tell you! If that were to happen, I don’t suppose I should care whether I owed I must tell you that he suffers from a Krogstad. them in when he went out. It is a loss you would easily recover from. He knows what I can expose you to, NORA. up.] room again? RANK. [looking at her watch]. told us that religion was this, and that, and the other. It is impossible where I live; there is no private entrance to my rooms. No, 353 edited by E. burn.] Tomorrow evening there is to You are just like the others. KROGSTAD. been able to put aside much from my housekeeping money, for Torvald must have a I knew her too, once upon a time. At one time he was a solicitor’s clerk in You spent a whole year in Italy, didn’t you? MAID. NORA. And I must sink to such miserable depths I mustn’t be selfish today; today I must only think know about it—. Tomorrow morning you will look upon it all quite Tell me, Doctor Rank, are all the silly and insignificant. There you are. HELMER. [accompanying her to the door]. MRS LINDE. Oh, how do I know whether I had or whether I hadn’t? HELMER. stove.]. Yes, but I can’t now. 344 unit 3: narrative devices NA_L10PE-u03s3-Dolls.indd 344 12/25/10 5:42:46 PM and, as soon as they have found some, put the person concerned into some But do you suppose you are MRS LINDE. You cannot. love’s sake. compatible with the limitations of art. HELMER. And suffered agonies, and seen no way out but—. HELMER. bit of wreckage. Yes, I am sure you are. He called me I will tell Is this true, that I read here? How kind you are, Nora, to be so anxious to help me! NORA, at the piano, plays Ah, Torvald, the most wonderful thing of all would Now my little skylark is speaking had to save a little here and there, where I could, you understand. NORA. all so cheap! Oh no, no! HELMER has taken up a position beside the stove, and during her dance gives her You know quite well I’m not. Yes, Torvald, we may be a wee bit more reckless now, mayn’t we? Is my little squirrel out of temper? [She and the children all this, and am alone, I will look into that matter too. NORA. That is a very sensible plan, KROGSTAD. The NURSE comes Is it so long since we met? When you introduced him to me yesterday, he declared he had often heard my name So how could Doctor Rank—? and coat. nothing but a playroom. No, no—that is not a bit right. HELMER. NORA. Mrs Helmer, you will be so good as to use your That is why my sweet little Nora must Just leave it to me; I will broach the subject very [regaining his composure]. Nora—what is this?—this cold, set face? 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