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Quote 14- You can’t frighten me! A precious little pampered thing like you… Meaning. In response to Krogstad's plan to reveal her deceit to Torvald, Nora vaguely threatens to kill him, but he does not take her seriously. Krogstad's attitude here echoes the way that Torvald belittles Nora; by calling her a "little... thing," Krogstad, too, treats Nora like a doll, implying she does not have any agency or power. At the same time, Krogstad's use of the word "pampered" reflects Mrs. Linde and the nursemaid's (more gentle) allusions to the fact that Nora has been spared the harsh realities of life on account of her husband's wealth. In other words, the rest of the characters do not think Nora is capable of making choices for herself both because she is a woman and thus has not been allowed to, and because she is rich and has thus not been forced to. Of course, this underestimation turns out to be mistaken, as revealed by Nora's drastic actions in the Third Act of the play.