A Doll's House was written by Henrik Isben(1828-1906). Henrik Isben devoted most of his life to the theater. Isben went to Chrisitiania University and became the "theater poet." In 1857 he began directing the Norwegian Theater in Christiania. Isben left Norway and did not return for 30 years. He died in Christiania in May of 1906.
The play A Doll's house has the main characters Torvald, a laywer; Nora, Torvald's wife who gets treated like a child; Krogstad, the man Nora borrows money for Italy from and Dr. Rank who admires Nora and later dies at the end of the play. Mrs Linde is also a character in the play who is a good friend of Nora's. The whole play takes place in the Helmer's apartment. The main rooms it takes place in are the Ballroom and Torvald's study. The story takes place around christmas time. Mrs Linde tells Nora how her husband died and she needs a job. Nora asks her husband to give Mrs Linde a job at the bank.
Some symbols from the play are the black hat and black cross, Italy, the dollhouse, the christmas tree, the skylark and some others.
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