Lilliana Stone

English

14 January, 19:33

Read the passage from Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House. Nora and her husband Torvald Helmer are having a discussion. Helmer: Still, you know, we can't spend money recklessly. Nora: Yes, Torvald, we may be a wee bit more reckless now, mayn't we? Just a tiny wee bit! You are going to have a big salary and earn lots and lots of money. Helmer: Yes, after the New Year; but then it will be a whole quarter before the salary is due. Nora: Pooh! We can borrow until then. Helmer: Nora! (goes up to her and takes her playfully by the ear) The same little featherhead! Suppose, now, that I borrowed fifty pounds today, and you spent it all in the Christmas week, and then on New Year's Eve a rock fell on my head and killed me, and - Nora: (putting her hands over her mouth) Oh! Don't say such horrid things. Which phrase supports the following theme? In the Victorian Era, men did not always treat women with respect.