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Spoken by Nora in A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, “You have no idea how many bills skylarks and squirrels have, Torvald.” (Ibsen, p.555) would be one of the play’s “definite moments” in the drama’s speech as Nora is speaking in sarcasm but also in truth. This particular line is important in this play as Nora’s words are words of truth. Torvald Helmer, Nora’s husband, referred to Nora many times as a skylark and a squirrel as Nora was very sneaky and seemed to hoard money that her husband gave her; and that as a skylark she wore a mask to hide her sneaky ways. A skylark is a songbird that it found in Eurasia that has a “mask” like on their eyes just like Nora tries to hide herself behind her lies and deceit as she hoards like that of a squirrel who hoards and stores away as she does with her debt and money saving. Nora knows that Helmer’s accusations of her acting like that of a skylark and a squirrel and name calling of such are true accusations and therefore replies with her quote “You have no idea how many bills skylarks and squirrels have, Torvald.” (Ibsen, p.555). References: Ibsen,H. (2011). A Doll House. IN D.L. Pike and A.M. Acosta (Eds). Literature: A World of Writing stories, poems, plays, and essay [Vital source digital version] (p.555) Boston. MA: Pearson Learning Solutions