Make sure that you can write about how Ibsen uses the one-room setting. Nora feels increasingly trapped. In Act 2 she says, ‘Oh, if only I dared   !’ (Act 2, p. 56).

Ask yourself: How does Ibsen use the set to reflect Nora’s situation?

Possible answer: All the other characters use the space freely. Nora seems afraid to leave the apartment. Helmer’s study is evidently forbidden to her.