Mrs Linde according to York Notes
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- Created on: 03-06-18 10:57
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- Christine Linde
- Who is she?
- An old school friend of Nora's seeking work at Helmer's bank
- Once in love with Krogstad, but left him for a rich man who could support her family
- She is now a penniless widow
- She believes Nora must tell the truth
- First Appearance
- She is a quiet and polite woman used to contrast against Nora
- The audience may be shocked about how openly she talks about bereavement and poverty and her absence of grief towards her previous husband
- Her tiredness and overworking shows her as physically frail, having to take the stairs 'slowly'
- Truth at all Costs
- She owns her experience and the self it has made her which may be she is so determined to have 'full understanding' between Nora and Torvald
- She is the truth teller contrasting with Nora's bringer of light
- She is a confidante
- Female Sacrifice: Key Quotation
- 'a woman who has sold herself once for the sake of others doesn't make the same mistake again'
- she is well equipped to understand the way Nora has been treated by her father and its consequences
- 'a woman who has sold herself once for the sake of others doesn't make the same mistake again'
- A New Woman
- She has a true passion for work- it is her 'only joy'
- This gives her an independence and modernity that makes her highly unusual
- She wishes to 'join hands' with Krogstad as equals
- She has a true passion for work- it is her 'only joy'
- Who is she?
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