Be Read the excerpt from act 2 of A Doll's House
What inference does the text best support?
Nora: You never can tell what mischief these men may
contrive. We ought to be so well off, so snug and
happy here in our peaceful home, and have no cares
-you and I and the children, Torvald! That is why I
beg you so earnestly-
O Helmer is going to give Krogstad a job where the
two men will not have interactions.
O Helmer's self-esteem is dependent on people
believing that he is not influenced by his wife.
O Helmer actually likes Krogstad as a friend but does
not want to work with him.
O Helmer does not want his wife to know that he
used to be friends with Krogstad.
Helmer. And it is just by interceding for him that you
make it impossible for me to keep him. It is already
known at the Bank that I mean to dismiss Krogstad. Is
it to get about now that the new manager has
changed his mind at his wife's bidding-
Nora: And what if it did?
Helmer Of coursel-if only this obstinate little person
can get her way! Do you suppose I am going to make
myself ridiculous before my whole staff, to let people
think that I am a man to be swayed by all sorts of