Setting

Question 1

outside

Answer 1

seen through a window
unwelcoming and unforgiving
way to validate existence

Question 2

inside

Answer 2

keeping up appearances
buying into expectations
"(tidies up one or two things in the room)"
"inside the doll's house"
"tastefully furnished"
rooms represent characters: 
torvald - free to roam
nora - trapped in a room