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A Doll's House Controversy

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In the 1870’s, writing a story with and ending as bold as A Doll House causes much controversy. Henrik Ibsen wrote this play with a highly controversial ending. The ending of the play has a wife leaving her husband and children. For this time period, this was very wrong. But even in today’s times, this is still wrong. Nora Helmer was wrong to leave at the end of the play. She was wrong because she left her husband, she left her children, and gave Torvald no chance to save their marriage. Nora Helmer made a bad decision to leave her husband. She left a husband who truly loved her. In her eyes, she did not think Torvald loved her, but simply used her as a doll. She believes he uses her for his own pleasure. Nora exclaims to Helmer, “When I

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