Read the excerpt from act 3 of VA Doll's House.
Helmer: Listen to her, Mrs. Linde! She had danced her
Tarantella, and it had been a tremendous success, as it
deserved-although possibly the performance was a
trifle too realistic-a little more so, I mean, than was
strictly compatible with the limitations of art. But never
mind about that! The chief thing is, she had made a
success-she had made a tremendous success. Do
you think I was going to let her remain there after that,
and spoil the effect? No, indeed! I took my charming
little Capri maiden-my capricious little Capri maiden, I
should say-on my arm; took one quick turn round the
room; a curtsey on either side, and, as they say in
novels, the beautiful apparition disappeared. An exit
ought always to be effective, Mrs. Linde; but that is
what I cannot make Nora understand. Pooh! this room
is hot. [Throws his domino on a chair, and opens the
door of his room.] Hullo! it's all dark in here. Oh, of
What evidence from the text best supports the theme
that society places limits on the roles of women?
"She had danced her Tarantella, and it had been a
tremendous success."
"I took my charming little Capri maiden... on my
arm."
"An exit ought always to be effective, Mrs. Linde."
"But that is what I cannot make Nora understand."