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 course-excuse
What evidence from the text best supports the theme
that society places limits on the roles of women?
O "She had danced her Tarantella, and it had been a
tremendous success."
O "I took my charming little Capri maiden... on my
arm."
O "An exit ought always to be effective, Mrs. Linde."
O "But that is what I cannot make Nora understand."