Introduction – general, contextual, general-contextual
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- Grusha saves Michael when he is abandoned at the palace. She refuses to flee on the ox-cart and later escapes with the baby.
- Grusha sacrifices her own money to buy milk for Michael. She even tries to suckle him, but her breast has no milk.
- Grusha also treks for a long distance carrying baby Michael on her back. At one point she leaves Michael on the threshold of a peasant woman’s house where she felt the baby would get milk.
- Grusha also perseveres mistreatment in her brother’s house for the sake of Michael. When she arrives she is not well received by Aniko but perseveres for the sake of the baby.
- Grusha agrees to marry Jussup, a ‘dying’ man so that Michael can have a roof over his head and a ‘father’. She thus risks her engagement to Simon.
- At the court Grusha fights fiercely to keep Michael. She does not even listen to the cook who is asking her to hand over the baby to its mother.
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Read the excerpt below and answer questions that follow.
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Read the excerpt below and answer questions that follow.
Mrs. Linde: Nora-it was Krogstad who lent you the money!
Nora: Yes, and now Torvald will know all about it.
Mrs. Linde: Believe me, Nora, that’s the best thing for both of you.
Nora: You don’t know all. I forged a name.
Mrs. Linde: Good heavens-!
Nora: I only want to say this to you, Christine- you must be my witness.
Mrs. Linde: Your witness? What do you mean? What am I to -?
Nora: If I should go out of my mind-and it might easily happenMrs. Linde: Nora!
Mrs. Linde: Nora! Nora! You are quite out of your mind.
Nora: And if it should happen that there were someone who wanted to take all the responsibility,
all the blame, you understandMrs. Linde: Yes, yes- but how can you suppose-?
Nora: Then you must be my witness, that it is not true, Christine. I am not out of my mind at all; I
am in my right senses now, and I tell you no one else has known anything about it; I and I alone,
did the whole thing. Remember that.
Mrs. Linde: I will, indeed. But o don’t understand all this.
Nora: Or if anything else should happen to me- anything, for instance, that might prevent my being here-
Questions
i) Briefly explain what has happened before this extract.
ii) 'Nora- it was Krogstad who lent you the money!' Explain the tone in Christine’s
words.
iii) 'Believe me Nora, that’s the best thing for both of you.' From later in the play which reason does Mrs. Linde give to support what she says now?
v) Discuss one character trait of Nora evident in this extract.
v) Discuss one social theme raised in this extract.
vi) 'Nora! Nora! You are quite out of your mind.' Add a question tag.
vii) Discuss one aspect of style in this extract.
viii)Nora says that a wonderful thing is going to happen. From the rest of the play, explain what she means by that.
ix)Explain the meaning of the following phrases as used in the extract.
a) Go out of mind
b) I forged a name
c) You will be my witness
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