First Assignment on A Doll's House

Henrik Ibsen was born in March 1828. Henrik Ibsen was in Skein, a tiny coast town in South Norway. Because of his farther financial failure he moved to Venstop to a farmhouse. From 1851-1864 he worked in theaters in Bergen. When Ibsen was 21 he wrote his first play called Catiline. He married Susannah Thoreson and had one son. He felt that husbands and wife should be equal and free to become their own human beings (This belief can be seen clearly in A Doll's House). His beliefs and private life was shown in his writing. Because of his personal ideologies his writing started sensitive social issue. He left Norway and move to Italy.

A Doll's House open on Christmas eve with Nora walking in cheerfully with bag from shopping. She tells her maid to hide the gifts. Nora is then greeted my her husband. Her husband's belief in a marriage is that a man should protect his wife and be powerful. This may relate to Henrik Ibsen own life. Throughout the play there is a symbol of struggle with middle class families in Norway. These financial problems defiantly relate to Ibsen own life with his own problems with his farther. Throughout the play many symbols are shown to hint to a bigger picture