Nora's+Tarantula+Bite

__Nora's Tarantula Bite __ If the tarantella was danced mainly to ward off the venom of a tarantula, what could the symbolization of this dance be to Nora? Is Nora dancing the tarantella in an effect to dance off the "tarantula bite" effect of Krogstad'sblow to her almost-successful plan? Is the dance her way of trying to escape her bite? "Helmer: But Nora darling, you're dancing as if your life were at stake. Nora: And it is." (Ibsen 92). If Ibsen had put the tarantella into his play A Doll's House as symbolism, this is simply on of the ways to translate it.