One part of the book that confused me is on page 135  where the doctor says “And Robin? I know where your mind is! She is the eternal momentary— Robin who was always the second person singular. Well… Lie weeping with a sword in your hand!” Many things confuse me about this section of this chapter. Starting with the the doctor’s description of Robin. The step I took to understand this was to look back at the notes from our class descriptions of Robin.  This helped me to understand what the doctor means by “eternal momentary.” Robin draws people in and in the case of Nora she is attached to Robin. Robin becomes Nora’s everything which relates to the doctor’s use of “external.” However, Robin’s love is also “momentary” because she sneaks away from Nora to be with Jenny.

I am also confused as to who the doctor is speaking to or about when he says “I know where your mind is” and “Lie weeping with a sword…” After rereading the the whole paragraph again I have decided that the doctor is most likely speaking directly to Nora. I say this because he is giving this whole speech to convince Nora to stop writing letters to Robin. Therefore, by saying “I know where your mind is” it would show Nora that he knows how much she cares about Robin but Robin is not as great as Nora paints her to be. For the second part where the doctor says “lie weeping with a sword” I think he is telling Nora that yes she can still cry for Robin, but she still has to carry around with her a “sword” to keep herself and feelings protected from Robbins manipulation.