Read the excerpt from act 2 of a doll's house
which statement best describes the way this interaction
affects the plot?
rank: [leaning towards her] nora-do you think he is the
only one?
nora: [with a slight start] the only one-?
rank: the only one who would gladly give his life for your
sake
nora: (sadly] is that it?
rank: i was determined you should know it before i went
away, and there will never be a better opportunity than
this. now you know it, nora. and now you know, too, that
you can trust me as you would trust no one else.
nora: [rises, deliberately and quietly] let me pass.
rank: (makes room for her to pass him, but sits still) nora!
nora: (at the hall door] helen, bring in the lamp. [goes
nora and doctor rank have to find a way to hide their
love for each other from helmer.
doctor rank's admission of love prolongs the
suspense because now nora cannot ask him for .
nora and doctor rank have to keep the extent of his
illness a secret from helmer later.
now that doctor rank has expressed his love for nora,
he can no longer come to the house.