However, for Nora and readers, it takes on a more literal meaning Nora is dancing in order to prevent Krogstad's letter from disrupting her idealized life This line takes on a literal meaning when read in the context of Nora's earlier conversation with Krogstad, wherein she threatened suicide The gulf between the perceptions of Doctor Rank and Torvald and the hidden truth of Nora'sNora decides that her Tarantella dance will be her final mortal performance, for she views the end of the party not only as the termination of her marriage, but also the last moments of her life The scene in which the dance is practiced has much underlying significanceThe scene in which the dance is practiced has much underlying significance Nora wants Torvald's full attention to keep his thoughts away from the Krogstad's ruinous note in the letterbox In many ways, her life is hanging from a thread HELMER My dear darling Nora, you are dancing as if your life depended on it NORA So it does