[Nora:] Tell me, is it really true that you did not love your husband? Why did you marry him?
Mrs. Linde: My mother was alive then, and was bedridden and helpless, and I had to provide for my two younger brothers; so I did not think I was justified in refusing his offer.
Nora: No, perhaps you were quite right. He was rich at that time, then?
Mrs. Linde: I believe he was quite well off. But his business was a precarious one; and, when he died, it all went to pieces and there was nothing left.
–A Doll’s House,
Henrik Ibsen
Which statement best explains how Mrs. Linde’s character archetype of the caregiver develops the theme that women make sacrifices in society?
Mrs. Linde had no freedom of choice when her husband proposed to her.
Mrs. Linde happily accepted her husband’s proposal.
Mrs. Linde has chosen to live a life of freedom with male influence.
Mrs. Linde, as a single woman, demonstrates that society thrives through equality.