Read the excerpt from act 3 of a doll’s house. krogstad: but, tell me, wasn't it for that very purpose that you asked me to meet you here? mrs. linde: in my first moment of fright, it was. but twenty-four hours have elapsed since then, and in that time i have witnessed incredible things in this house. helmer must know all about it. this unhappy secret must be disclosed; they must have a complete understanding between them, which is impossible with all this concealment and falsehood going on. krogstad: very well, if you will take the responsibility. but there is one thing i can do in any case, and i shall do it at once. what widely accepted archetype of the late 1800s does this text challenge? the man as a ruler the man as a trickster the woman as a mother the woman as a caregiver