Henrik Ibsen, considered to be the father of modern drama, was a Norwegian playwright. He is responsible for "realistic drama." During the Victorian era Ibsen's writings were considered scandalous. In the Doll's House the heroine has always been sheltered and expected to act like a scatterbrain. She begins to feel that her father's and later her husband's treatment was not the love she thought it was.

Henrik Ibsen, considered to be the father of modern drama, was a Norwegian playwright. He is responsible for "realistic drama." During the Victorian era Ibsen's writings were considered scandalous. In the Doll's House the heroine has always been sheltered and expected to act like a scatterbrain. She begins to feel that her father's and later her husband's treatment was not the love she thought it was.

Excerpt from Rosmersholm: The Lady From the Sea
Henrik Ibsen was born at Skien, Southern Norway, on March 20th, 1828. His great-great-grandfather was a Dane, who settled in Bergen; his great-grandmother was the daughter of a Scotchman naturalised in Norway; both his grandmother and his mother were of German descent. At the time of his birth his father was well-to-do; but when the boy was eight years old, pecuniary misfortune overtook the family. In his sixteenth year he was apprenticed to an apothecary at Grimstad, a small seaport on the south coast of Norway. Here he remained for more...