The ending of any artistic work always either leaves the audience surprised or satisfied. Henrik Ibsen was forced to write a different ending for the play, A Doll¡¦s House, because German society was not yet ready for his surprisingly controversial and unconventional idea of a woman leaving her housewife duties to fulfill a personal need. The theme of this play, ¡§Very often, individuals caught in restrictive settings must emancipate themselves even if it means …showed first 75 words of 691 total…

…showed last 75 words of 691 total…be able to emancipate herself from her restrictive setting. It also satisfies the building up of actions before the emancipation. It¡¦s hard for Nora to be living a lie and pretend that nothing has happened when she¡¦s experienced a change. Word Count:647 Endnotes: 1Henrik Ibsen, A Doll¡¦s House (London; Penguin Books, 1965) p.177 2 Ibsen, p.202 3 Ibsen, p.215 4 Ibsen, p.224 5 Ibsen, p.232 6 Ibsen, p.334 Bibliography: Ibsen, Henrik. A Doll¡¦s House. London: Penguin Books, 1965