Helmer: What sort of an expression is that to use about our marriage?

Nora [undisturbed]: I mean that I was simply transferred from papa's hands into yours. You arranged everything according to your own taste, and so I got the same tastes as you—or else I pretended to, I am really not quite sure which—I think sometimes the one and sometimes the other. When I look back on it, it seems to me as if I had been living here like a poor woman—just from hand to mouth. I have existed merely to perform tricks for you, Torvald. But you would have it so. You and papa have committed a great sin against me. It is your fault that I have made nothing of my life.

Helmer: How unreasonable and how ungrateful you are, Nora!

–A Doll’s House,
Henrik Ibsen

What evidence from the text best supports the theme that the oppressed live unsatisfying lives? Check all that apply.

“I was simply transferred from papa’s hands into yours.”
“I had been living here like a poor woman.”
“I have existed merely to perform tricks for you.”
“It is your fault that I have made nothing of my life.”
“How unreasonable and how ungrateful you are.”

These two quotes both show that Nora is not satisfied with her life. In her speech, Nora explains how she went from being a daughter to a wife. Her decisions were all made for her and she only did what was her expected duty. She never had the chance to find herself, her own likes or dislikes, and to make something of her life. She sees her only purpose is to exist for Torvald and not for herself. These two lines both show that her oppressed life has made her dissatisfied. The first and last quotes do not work as they do not show dissatisfaction or oppression. The line that she "had been living here like a poor woman" does show she felt herself "poor" at one point, but she does not see herself as poor any longer, so this line may not work.

jayilych4real jayilych4real · Answer 2 · 2021-11-29T13:38:55+01:00

The evidence from the text which best supports the theme that the oppressed live unsatisfying lives are:

B. “I had been living here like a poor woman.”
C. “I have existed merely to perform tricks for you.”

According to the given question, we are asked to show the evidence from the text which best supports the theme that the oppressed live unsatisfying lives.

As a result of this, we can see that from the dialogue between Nora and Helmer, there is a complaint from Nora about how unsatisfying her marriage has been and she says that she has been living like a poor woman and did not have satisfaction as she feels like a circus dog doing tricks.

Therefore, the correct answers are options B and C