Nora's want to tear up an ensemble symbolizes her developing distress with her mystery and trickery. She wants to be unburdened of her mystery, yet stresses over Torvald's reaction when he discovers.
Nora has been living with a mystery for a long time before the gathering is held that happens toward the finish of the play. She has been discovering approaches to pay Krogstad for the advance she took from to spare Torvald's life years prior.