Question

read the excerpt from act 3 of a doll’s house.
helmer: before all else, you are a wife and a mother.
nora: i dont believe that any longer. i believe that before all else i am a reasonable human being, just as you are—or, at all events, that i must try and become one. i know quite well, torvald, that most people would think you right, and that views of that kind are to be found in books, but i can no longer content myself with what most people say, or with what is found in books. i must think over things for myself and get to understand them.
helmer: can you not understand your place in your own home? have you not a reliable guide in such matters as that?—have you no religion?
nora: i am afraid, torvald, i do not exactly know...
how does nora’s conflict in this excerpt best demonstrate a difference between life in the late 1800s and life today?
○ the conflict demonstrates that women are better suited to be mothers than wives.
○ the conflict demonstrates that women are not inclined to practice a particular religion.
○ the conflict demonstrates that women are expected to remain in the roles assigned to them.
○ the conflict demonstrates that women are not expected to get their education from books.

Explanation:

Answer:

C. The conflict demonstrates that women are expected to remain in the roles assigned to them