Mrs. Christine Linde
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Nora Helmer
Quote 4
MRS. LINDE: "I want to be a mother to someone, and your [Krogstad's] children need a mother." (3.58)
Christine is willingly stepping back into the traditional female role, which her friend Nora forsakes at the end of the play.
Mrs. Christine Linde
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Nils Krogstad
Quote 5
MRS. LINDE: "Nils, a woman who has once sold herself for another's sake, doesn't do it a second time." (3.72)
Christine is unwilling to sell herself a second time. Did Nora sell herself in a way when she married Torvald?
Mrs. Christine Linde
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Nora Helmer
Quote 6
MRS. LINDE: "What a difference! Someone to work for and live for—a home to bring comfort into." (3.84)
A Doll's House is often discussed as play that shows the imprisonment of housewives, but Christine is an example of a woman who willingly and joyfully assumes the role.