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Kristine Linde has come to visit her old friend Nora Helmer. They have not seen each other for many years and, at first, Norah does not recognize her friend. As they discuss their present situations, it becomes clear that they are currently in very different places. Nora and her husband have struggled financially but are now on the up, whereas Kristine has been left a penniless widow and must now find work. Whilst chatting, Nora reveals that she forged her father’s signature on a bank loan, but
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Start: Kristine: How do you do, Nora?
Nora: How do you do--
Kristine: You don’t recognize me, I suppose.
End: Nora: [...] Oh, it’s a wonderful thing to be alive and be happy.
Kristine: There is the bell; perhaps I had better go.
Nora: No, don’t go; no one will come will come in here; it is sure to be for Torvald.
Henrik Ibsen. A Doll’s House. Project Gutenberg EBook [December 13, 2008] accessed February 23, 2017; https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2542/2542-h/2542-h.htm
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