Question

Read the passage from A Doll’s House.

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.

Nora: No, perhaps you were quite right. He was rich at that time, then?

Mrs. Linde: I believe he was quite well off. But his business was a precarious one; and, when he died, it all went to pieces and there was nothing left.

How does the author develop the social issue of gender inequality in this passage?

by revealing that Mrs. Linde felt that she had to accept her husband’s proposal
by introducing the conflict that Mrs. Linde was not in love with her husband
by showing that Mrs. Linde played a large role in her husband’s business
by describing how Mrs. Linde’s rejected the proposal to care for her family

Answer 1

by revealing that Mrs. Linde felt that she had to accept her husband’s proposal

Explanation: Mrs. Linde’s choice to marry for financial responsibility rather than love shows how women’s limited economic options and family obligations forced them into marriages, highlighting gender inequality.