" At the end of the play, this character buries his face in his hands, then suddenly mutters the recurring phrase "the most wonderful thing of all" in a flash of hope.
This character delivers a monologue declaring that "happiness is not the question," because all that matters is to save "the remains, the fragments, the appearance." At the end of the play, this character buries his face in his hands, then suddenly mutters the recurring phrase "the most wonderful thing of all" in a flash of hope. He uses the demeaning nickname "my little squirrel" for a character whom he teases for buying a lot of Christmas presents. This character spent a year prior to the events of the play (*) recovering from an illness in Italy. To distract him from opening a letterbox, his wife violently dances the tarantella. This character berates his wife for forging a signature on a loan on his behalf, after reading a blackmail letter sent by Nils Krogstad in retaliation for being fired by him. For 10 points, name this bank manager whose wife Nora leaves him at the end of Ibsen's A Doll's House.
This character delivers a monologue declaring that "happiness is not the question," because all that matters is to save "the remains, the fragments, the appearance.
Torvald Helmer [or Torvald Helmer; prompt on answers like Nora's husband] 