A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen We have all felt the need to be alone or to venture into places our minds have only imagined. However, we as individuals have always found ourselves clinging to our responsibilities and obligations, whether to our work or to our friends and family. The persistent feeling of leaving something behind or of broken promises is a pain that keeps us from escaping. People around the world have yearned to leave a situation or seek spiritual fulfillment elsewhere. The need for freedom and responsibility towards others can make or break a person. The inspirational characters of Henrik Isben, Nora Helmer, Kristine Linde and Nils Krogstad, all had to suffer for their right to be individuals and be responsible for their own actions. A woman of the harsh Victorian era, Nora Helmer was both a prisoner of her time and a pioneer. In his society women were seen as an inferior species and were not even considered true human beings in the eyes of the law. Nora and other women soon discovered that it was a man's world and they simply could not participate in it. Women of that era, however, could stay at home and attend to the needs of their tired, overworked spouse, not to mention their ongoing obligation to their children. In those days, women could work exclusively at home or do minor jobs such as maids or seamstresses. Nora was a free spirit just waiting to be set free; her husband Torvald constantly denied her the slightest pleasures she aspired to, such as macaroons. No he lived a life of lies in order… middle of paper… but after he decided to request his letter back; Kristine tells him he can't and that the truth must be revealed. With a new lust for life and responsibility towards his new life with Kristine, he agrees. Finding a renewed life with Kristine, Nils Krogsta gained the freedom from his past that he constantly awaited and found his new responsibility towards his children and Mrs. Linde. We have all wanted to go out on our own and fulfill our responsibilities to ourselves. However, our need to find our individuality can lead to our downfall or, in most cases, our revolt. In Isben's play ADoll House, an estranged wife, Nora Helmer; a self-employed worker, Kristine Linde; and a morally corrupt man, Nils Krogstad, had all suffered to become full individuals and had taken responsibility for their actions to achieve their freedom.