Ensure that you can write about how the play uses light to symbolise morality. Nora says to Rank, ‘Aren’t you ashamed of yourself, now that the   been lit?’ (Act 2, p. 69).

Ask yourself: How is light used in relation to Nora’s morality here?

Possible answer: Nora ends Rank’s love-talk by calling for the lamp – showing her marital fidelity and her decision not to exploit Rank for money.