Make sure you can write about Ibsen’s use of precise locations. Krogstad tells the suicidal Nora she would die ‘Under the  ’ (Act 2, p. 73).

Ask yourself: How do images of the Norwegian landscape help the realism of the play?

Possible answer: The image of Nora in a frozen fjord means the audience evaluates the real possibility of suicide rather than accept it as a melodramatic device.