My duties towards myself.
Helmer.
Before all else you are a wife and a mother.
Nora.
That I no longer believe. I believe that before all else I am a human being, just as much as you are—or at least that I should try to become one. I know that most people agree with you, Torvald, and that they say so in books. But henceforth I can’t be satisfied with what most people say, and what is in books. I must think things out for myself, and try to get clear about them.
Helmer.
Are you not clear about your place in your own home? Have you not an infallible guide in questions like these? Have you not religion?
Nora.
Oh, Torvald, I don’t really know what religion is.
Helmer.