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A play serves as the author's tool for critiquing society. One rarely encounters the ability to transcend accepted social beliefs. The play reflects controversial issues that the audience can relate to because they interact in the same situations every day. As late nineteenth century playwright, Henrick Ibsen points out the flaws of mankind and also provides an answer to the controversy. Unknowingly the heroine solves the problem at the end of the play and indirectly …

… reward for the hardships they endure. This play reflects an accurate representation of the society that existed when it was written. Nora finds that she is trapped in a world that she does not belong in. Nora finds a way out. Society oppressed Nora and her family by masking the truth of their lives for so long. Ibsen contributes to the solution by providing his play as an example of why Europe was wrong.