Read the following excerpt from Act I of Henrik Ibsen's 1879 play *A Doll's House* carefully:
NORA: You are just like the others. They all think that I am incapable of anything really serious—
MRS. LINDE: Come, come—
NORA: —that I have never known any trouble in this weary world.
MRS. LINDE: My dear Nora, you have just told me all your troubles.
NORA: Pooh!—those trifles. I have not told you the great thing.
MRS. LINDE: The great thing? What do you mean?
NORA: You look down upon me, Kristine; but you ought not to do so. You are proud of having worked so hard and so long for your mother.
MRS. LINDE: Indeed, I do not look down upon anyone. But it is true that I am both proud and glad when I think that I was privileged to make the end of my mother's life almost free from care.
NORA: And you are proud to think of what you have done for your brothers.
MRS. LINDE: I think I have a right to be.
NORA: I think so, too. But now, listen to this, Kristine. I, too, have something to be proud and glad of.
MRS. LINDE: I have no doubt of it. But what is it?
NORA: Speak low. Suppose Torvald were to hear! He mustn't on any account—no one in the world must know, Kristine, except you.
MRS. LINDE: What is it, then?
NORA: It was I who saved Torvald's life.
Which of the following best describes how the contrast between Nora and Mrs. Linde functions in this scene?
- AIt details the exact sequence of events that led Nora to secure the secret loan and Mrs. Linde to seek employment in the city.
- BIt illustrates a bitter rivalry between the two women, showing that Mrs. Linde intends to expose Nora’s secret to Torvald out of jealousy.
- It underscores Nora’s desire for recognition and her romanticized view of her actions, contrasting with Mrs. Linde’s grounded, pragmatic pride in her familial duty.Cevap
- DIt shows that Ibsen uses Mrs. Linde's dialogue to explicitly condemn Nora's deceitful nature and advocate for absolute transparency in marriage.
- EIt utilizes Mrs. Linde's dialogue as a narrative device primarily to explain the offstage backstory to the audience rather than to reveal Nora's inner character.