It’s important that you can write about the limited financial power of women in the period. Nora complains of the ‘   we larks and squirrels have’ (Act 1, p. 26).

Ask yourself: What kind of effect does this have on Nora, and is she aware of it?

Possible answer: Nora’s need to ‘do tricks’ for money inhibits adult behaviour around Helmer. Increasingly aware of this, she opts at great cost for independence.