Make sure that you can talk about the symbolic use of costume. Nora says of her Capri clothes, ‘I wish I could   them into a million pieces!’ (Act 2, p. 55).

Ask yourself: How much does Nora resent Helmer imposing an identity on her?

Possible answer: Nora is changing – she formerly enjoyed names like ‘squirrel’, but uses the dress and the tarantella to distract, rather than please herself or Helmer.