A Dolls House Quotes About Money

We can see from the beginning of act one how dismissive torvald is of his wifes intelligence and of all women in general.

A dolls house quotes about money. A need for money affects all the major characters in a dolls house. The family is in a comfortable situation but they still have to save their money and be careful. Has my little spendthrift been wasting money again 111 nora is constantly accused of wasting money when in reality she keeps barely anything for herself all in an effort to pay back the loan that saved her husbands life. In the beginning of the play it is revealed that torvald was recently promoted and will receive a big fat income however he still chastises nora for spending too much arguing that they need to be cautious financially.

Helmer states on page two. Its a sweet little bird but it gets through a terrible amount of money. No debt no borrowing. Torvalds view of women sets up his treatment of nora and the power dynamic in their relationship for the rest of the play.

Helmer to nora act 1. There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. After nora asks why they should care about the consequences of borrowing money torvald responds with this remark. At the beginning of the play money is considered a valuable commodity.

It is something to be saved and used wisely.