Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" How Isben wanted the reader to interpret Nora's exit from her marriage and the life she knew.

Henrik Ibsen wrote the play A Doll's House in a time when women were amidst a social struggle in order to stop the oppression society placed on them concerning their roles. The main character in Ibsen's play is Nora Helmer, the beautiful wife of Torvald Helmer. She struggles with her need to escape Torvald's power, and be able to learn things about the real world, which she has never experienced. Ibsen wants Nora's exit to …

…be truly happy you must know oneself, something she did not experience because she went from her fathers care straight to Torvald's. Ibsen also tells us through Nora's decision that one cannot be happy living your life for someone else as Nora did playing Torvald's game. Nora decides that the most important thing for her is the development of her personality and personal goals, which are as important for women as they are for men.