morninglightmama 's review for:

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

4.0

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I remember reading this in high school and enjoying it, but reading it again as an adult, a wife, a mother... oh yeah, I *get* this. I know it can be argued that one isn't supposed to read a play, which I understand, but since I couldn't command a performance here in my living room, I opted to read it in print and try to recall a performance I saw of it in college. There's much to shake your head at in this story of a powerless wife who finds her back up against the wall as a secret she has kept for her family's well-being is now upon the precipice of being revealed-- the society that doesn't allow her the same rights as her husband and the consequential attitude assumed by her husband that may seem loving, but is in reality controlling and condescending. I'd love to see another performance of this play!