Awaking from the Spider's Bite - Act 2 of

Reality is sometimes a hard thing to come to terms with. A child doesn't want to know that Santa Claus doesn't really exist, just as a cuckolded husband doesn't want to believe his wife is cheating on him. But eventually we as humans must face up to the truth about ourselves. Otherwise, we'd never evolve. It is this striking theme that permeates the entire second act of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House. The first act …

…third acts, is really the meat of A Doll’s House. It is in the second act that Nora sets into place the final illusion that will be shattered – the “miracle” that she hopes beyond hope will occur. It is in this act that we are able to definitively judge the personalities of the entire cast, as well. Every action leads to the next, and it establishes a good groundwork for all that transpires afterward.