Hello my name is Daven Howard and I am in Mrs. Santos' English II class.  We have looked at a variety of literature from around the world this year.  Many of the works have been interesting and I enjoyed reading them.  The Alchemist was my favorite novel this year because it showed an exciting journey of a young man and contained many fascinating and thought provoking quotes.  I am looking forward to reading our next work, A Doll's House, by Henrik Ibsen.

Henrik Ibsen is an internationally known poet and playwright.  He was born and grew up in Norway with his father, a merchant, and mother, a woman of the arts.  Due to problems in his father's business he was forced to leave his affluent lifestyle to live on a farm also causing him to leave school early to become an apprentice at age 15.  In his spare time he wrote his first play, Catilina, which was to be followed by others.  In 1862, he was exiled from Norway and moved to Italy where he completed one of his masterworks before moving again to Germany.  Here is where he composed A Doll's House, one of his most famous plays, and the one we are going to read.  In Germany he wrote several other controversial plays which brought him to the international stage.  When he returned to his home country in 1891, he was welcomed and treated as a literary hero.  He wrote a couple more plays in Norway before losing the ability to write and eventually passing away in 1906.

The title of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House can relate to the story in the sense that the main character may be a very lovable character.  It might be about a situation or problem that occurs within the home of this character.  Ibsen, when growing up, had a situation with his father's business where he was affected and lost the comfortable lifestyle he was used to.  A situation such as this may occur in the play where the character's lifestyle has to change.  Based on my research the themes present in the play include truth and lies and what is ethical as well as deception.  A Doll's House seems to be interesting and have an involved plot and I look forward to reading this play.


Sources:
http://www.biography.com/people/henrik-ibsen-37014

http://www.britannica.com/biography/Henrik-Ibsen