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what does the image of the macaroons come to symbolize in this excerpt from act 1 of henrik ibsen's a doll's house?

helmer (wagging his finger at her): hasn't miss sweet tooth been breaking rules in town today?

nora: no; what makes you think that?

helmer: hasn't she paid a visit to the confectioner's?

nora: no, i assure you, torvald—

helmer: not been nibbling sweets?

nora: no, certainly not.

helmer: not even taken a bite at a macaroon or two?

nora: no, torvald, i assure you really—

helmer: there, there, of course i was only joking.

nora (going to the table on the right): i should not think of going against your wishes.

deceit
obedience
gluttony
control
freedom