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In Act 1, Torvald treats Nora like a child when entering in to the room talking about Christmas and money. Torvald walks over to her and drags Nora by the ear complaining about how they have no money. Torvald has no idea that all day Nora had been shopping for him and the kid’s gifts. “Nora’s prime concern is apparently to please rather than to reach agreement and understanding” (Quigley, 590). Nora treats herself to a bag of macaroons, but has to hide them from Torvald. Nora hides the macaroons to avoid getting fussed at. Only a child would hide something from their parents to stay away from getting in trouble with something they were not suppose to have. “As for the secret macaroon eating, it hardly seems a moral issue, and in any case this household convention dramatizes the modus vivendi of the Helmer marriage, in which Nora is expected to practice cookie-jar trickeries in the game between the strong, wise, put-upon husband and the weak, childlike wife” ( Templeton, 33).
Approximate Word count = 581
Approximate Pages = 2.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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