extremely beautiful and delicate
fence stakes
angrily rebuke
begging earnestly or desperately
acacia tree
to solidify or coalesce, particularly by cooling
tree resin dissolved in liquid and used for creating a clear, shiny surface on wood
greatly shocked or surprised
expressing or feeling embarrassment or shame, in the sense of modesty or shyness
delivery person
The Question and Answer section for The Doll’s House is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
While swinging in her yard, Kezia sees the Kelveys walking down the road. As the Kelveys come nearer; their shadows stretch long, reaching across the road so that the shadows of their heads are in the buttercups. Kezia clambers back up the gate,...
Pat pried it open with his penknife, and the whole house front swung back, and—there you were, gazing at one and the same moment into the
drawing-room and dining-room, the kitchen and two bedrooms.
Meaning, Pat used his penknife to open the side...
The Kelveys are described with animal images. The images serve as a symbol of their alienation from society.
Else: “a littlewhite owl”.
The girls move “like two little stray cats”.
Beryl shoos the girls away “as if they were chickens."
Beryl...
