A Doll's House

I think the most important idea to grasp is the human condition, particularly, from the perspective of Nora who asks:

“Has a woman really not the right to spare her dying father pain, or save her husband’s life?”

At a turning-point in her life, Nora receives no solace from books, religion, the sanctity of family, nor her own conscience – she is unstoppable in seeking freedom and truth.

“I believe that I am first and foremost a human being, like you (Torvald) –or anyway, that I must try to become one… I must think things out for myself, and try to find my own answer” (p.98).

In studying A Doll’s House, you will analyse and interpret this preoccupation with the institution of marriage and its portrayal through Ibsen’s naturalism.