Quote 4
NORA: "Surely you can understand that being with Torvald is a little like being with papa." (2.217)
Is Nora's marriage just a continuation of her childhood? Has she actually progressed into adulthood at all?
Quote 5
NORA: "Tell me, is it really true that you did not love your husband? Why did you marry him?"
MRS. LINDE: "My mother was alive then, and was bedridden and helpless, and I had to provide for my two younger brothers; so I did not think I was justified in refusing his offer." (1.136-1.137)
Offering herself in marriage was one of the few ways a woman had of supporting her family.
Quote 6
NORA: "Surely you can understand that being with Torvald is a little like being with papa." (2.217)
It seems that for most of Nora's life she's been under the thumb of a man.