“A Doll's House” by Henrik Ibsen, a tragic play set in the late 1800s, is a woman's realization of her own life as simply that of a doll who lives her life as an object in a world dominated by the males around her. Ibsen points the reader in the right direction to the deeper meaning of the work in the title. The title “A Doll's House”, a metaphor, makes the reader or observer of the work think about what deeper meaning awaits us. The opera takes place in the living room of Torvald and Nora Helmer's apartment on Christmas Eve. Nora, the protagonist, returns home after shopping for Christmas presents and is jokingly welcomed by her husband Torvald. It soon turns out that things are not exactly as they appear and that all may not be perfect in the Helmer residence, as evidenced by the following lines: HELMER: [calls from room] Is that my little lark chirping out there? NORA: [busy opening some packages] Yes, it is!HELMER: Is my squirrel on the move?NORA: Yes!HELMER: When did my squirrel get home?NORA: Just now. (puts the bag of macaroons in his pocket and wipes his mouth) Come here, Torvald, and look what I bought. (Act 1) This dialogue is more reminiscent of a father and a child than a husband and wife. The realistic theme of the treatment of women by the men in their lives during this era is shown through the couple's interaction. The controlling nature of Nora's husband, which is shown by the example text above, in which Nora has to hide her macaroons from her husband, and the almost childish way in which Torvald treats Nora, continues throughout the play. The antagonist, Nils Krogstad, a lawyer and employee at the bank where Torvald works and has just been promoted, adds you...... halfway through the paper ......to stand on his own feet for the first time in her life was highlighted when she responded to Torvald's offer of help, “Nothing – nothing” (Act 3). It's somewhat ironic that Rhett Butler's achievement, albeit gender-role-reversed, is summarized in the famous ending of the 1939 classic film "Gone with the Wind," in which Rhett exclaims, "Frankly, my dear, I don't I don't care.” Both Rhett and Nora have slammed the door on a painful part of their lives with anticipation of happier times to come. Thomas Mitchell; screenplay by Sidney Howard, 1939. Ibsen, Henrik. “A Doll's House.” Ed. McMahan, Susan Day and Robert Funk : Prentice Hall, 2007. (1038 -1089).