1Act 1, stage directions, class
A P R, T B N E F
A pleasant room, tastefully but not expensively furnished
First line of the play, instantly showing their living situation
2Act 1, Mrs Linde, gender
W, A W C B W H H C
Well, a wife can't borrow without her husband's consent
3Act 1, Nora, foreshadowing
I W S E B U; T H H O O W N B T S A
It would spoil everything between us; this happy home of ours would never be the same again
4Act 1, Torvald, lies
A F O L L T I A H, A I S D A I T E P O I. E B T C T I T K O H I R W E G
A fog of lies like that in a household, and it spreads disease and infection to every part of it. Every breath the children take in that kind of house is reeking with evil germs
5Act 2, mainly Nora, reccuring motif
I O I C R T U I A T P!
If only I could rip them up into a thousand pieces!
6Act 2, Krogstad, effect of lies
M O U T A T, T B W. I D, T; B I D H T C...
Most of us think of that, to begin with. I did, too; but I didn't have the courage...
Referring to suicide
7Act 2, Nora, secrecy
I A W R F T W T. R T!
I alone was responsible for the whole thing. Remember that!
8Act 2, Nora, desperation
S H T M. T T-F H T T N M. T T T W B O. T-F A S? T-O H T L
Seven hours to midnight. Then twenty-four hours till the next midnight. Then the tarantella will be over. Twenty-four and seven? Thirty-one hours to live
9Act 1, Nora, class
S T Y W C S O J A L. T I T F C W H H T G C
Surely this Christmas we can spread ourselves a little. This is the first Christmad we haven't had to go carefully
10Act 1, Torvald, patronising
I R J M L J...
It's really just my little joke...
After speaking down on Nora
11Act 3, Nora, trust
D I O T Y T T I T F T W T, Y A I, M A W, H E H A S T T..?
Does it occur to you that is the first time we two, you and I, man and wife, have ever
had a serious talk together...?
12Act 3, Nora, trust
O H H N B A B A P
Our home has never been anything but a playroom