Tarantella+in+Ibsen's+The+Dollhouse

In Ibsen's //The Dollhouse,// the protagonist [|Nora, dances the Tarantella]to portray her frustration and anger with her situation. She feels desperate because Krogstad is blackmailing her when he finds out she forgered her late father's signature to take out a loan. "Can't change it. Not so violent, Nora! Has to be just like this" (Ibsen 90). The dance the tarantella is supposed to express a deadly spider. Nora sees Krogstad as this spider and she is dancing to save her life.