How fun it is to play make believe and dress up? As most little girls grow up, they tend to play with doll houses and play out this wonderful and extravagant lifestyle they have imagined. Eventually the fun and games come to an end and reality sets in. Written in 1879 by Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House is a three act play about a Mother and Wife experiencing disillusionment and who is very dissatisfied with her life. In the beginning of the play, Nora and Torvald appear to have the perfect and idealistic marriage and life. The play is set around Christmas time. Nora enters her home, humming a tune in high spirits, and reaches into her pocket and takes a pack of macaroons out and eats a few; she then walks by her husband study door and listens. …show more content…
Linde and Krogstad meet on the stairway. Mrs. Linde explained how much she still loves krogstad. After, this encounter Krogstad has a change of heart and wants his letter back unopened. However, Mrs. Linde believes it would in Nora best interest if she finally tell Torvald the truth. After returning from the party, Nora and Torvald precedes home. Where Torvald tells Nora that he enjoys watching her dance. Dr. Rank knocks on the door to say his last goodbyes because he will shut itself off from the world and let himself die. After Dr. Rank's departure, Torvald finally check the mailbox and finds a letter Krogstad. Torvald reads it and become angry. He speaks about how Krogstad has the power to make him do whatever he wants. Toravlds tells Nora that she is unfit as a wife and mother. Even worse, Torvald says that he is ashamed of being married to someone like her. The irony of this scene is that moments before, Torvald was discussing how he wished that Nora was in some kind of trouble so that he could prove to her how much he loved her. Moments later Krogstad has another letter sent by saying that he no longer wants to blackmail their family. Torvald is over joyed that they were saved after all. He then, apologizes and tell Nora how much he loves her. This becomes a wake-up call for Nora, for her husband has shown his true identity. With this epiphany, she has come to the conclusion that their whole life was just an illusion of how they really were. She then decides to leave her husband and her children in order to find out who she truly is. Torvald desperately begs her to stay. Finally, when she leaves, Torvalds is left all alone in the