Study Questions &
Essay Topics
Study Questions
1. Compare Torvald’s and Nora’s attitudes
toward money.
2. Why does Torvald constantly reprimand
Nora for her wastefulness and foolishness while simultaneously supporting
her behavior? What insight does this contradiction give us into
Torvald and Nora’s relationship?
3. Compare and contrast Mrs. Linde
and Nora at the end of the play.
Suggested Essay Topics
1. What is the relationship between
Mrs. Linde’s arrival and Nora’s awakening and transformation?
2. In Act One, Mrs. Linde describes
Nora as “a child.” Is this assessment of Nora’s state of development
valid?
3. What does Torvald’s fascination
with beauty and appearances imply about his personality? Do his
attitudes change at all over the course of the play?
4. Compare Nora and Krogstad.
Are there any similarities between them, especially as far as their
relationship to society is concerned?
5. How do the characters in A
Doll’s House use the words “free” and “freedom”? Do different
speakers use the terms differently? Do they take on different connotations
over the course of the play?
