Ibsen's A Doll's HouseIn A Doll's House, Henrik Ibsen criticizes the patriarchal society he lives in by using a fictional woman, Nora, to show the oppression of women . She begins to feel coerced by her husband, so much so that she feels the need to hide her true identity and deceive him. She believes that deception is her only escape from social constraints. Ibsen moved around a lot in his life and observed many societies. Much of his writing satirizes the flaws of society and its inhabitants. Ibsen went through many trials and tribulations during his life. He did not receive support in his artistic studies, leading him to leave home at the age of sixteen to follow his own path. He moved from country to country, writing plays with minimal success. He experienced many instances of poverty and even went bankrupt at one point. However, after writing "Peer Gynt", Ibsen began to gain public attention, even though his friend had criticized him, who had advice that would greatly influence Ibsen: "His friend Bjornson had criticized Peer Gynt and had urged Ibsen to try “photography through comedy”. This was apparently the answer" ("Ibsen, Henrik Johan"). This insight of Bjornson's helped Ibsen shape the style of his popular works, for example when he went to Rome and wrote A Doll's House. The play A Doll's House was inspired when Ibsen heard the story of a woman he had heard about: "A report he had heard that a brave young married woman in a small town in Zeeland had seized of him” (“Ibsen, Henrik Johan”). Ibsen often wrote about the problems of society. This play was notably a "family drama, dealing with modern conditions and in particular with the problems which complicate marriage" ("Ibsen, Henrik Johan...... middle of paper ......tion, but never She wants for things to change and for that to happen she must come out on her own Ibsen points out the flaws in society by writing this satirical and feminist play, A Doll House, which largely deals with gender inequality and is written. with the aim of opening the world to the public eye to end the imbalance in society He uses Torvald and, at one point, Nora's father to represent the constraints, stress and degradation that men impose. to women It parallels the feeling of imprisonment of most women in society who felt like a cornered dog and thought that deception was their only way out. Women should not be. forced to 'wear a mask', they should be free to express their true feelings and hopes without one man's undervalued opinion believing it needed to be corrected. in society, he believed that there was no place for lies or deception but rather that men and women should live together in harmony..