Helmer Kills The Macaroons In Noren's

Helmer condescends to Nora by calling her names and forbidding her from eating macaroons, the way a father might treat their child. During Helmer and Nora’s first encounter in the text Helmer addresses Nora, “ Is my little skylark twittering out there?” (1.4 1-4) A skylark is a common type of bird. By calling Nora a “little skylark,” Helmer proves to consider his wife as nothing more than a common bird in his life. Helmer just as easily could have looked out the window and spoken to his pet bird, but instead Helmer addressed his wife this way. After Nora is addressed as a “little skylark” she eats macaroons until Helmer summons her, at which point Nora “Puts the bag of macaroons into her pocket and wipes her mouth.“ (1.4 9) Nora hides the macaroons