Henrik Ibsen's life

                 Loyalty, duty, obligation. These are only some of the social laws that Henrik Ibsen wrote out against in his later works. Ibsen believed that these bourgeois beliefs were hindering the individual's, as well as the nation's, realization of the self. To Ibsen, it was far more important to have the freedom to express oneself than to adhere to outdated, conventional ideas. In "A Doll House" and "Ghosts", both heroines are forced to confront these social …

…these two plays are simply that, two plays from one integral work.                  It is clear then, by Nora and Helen's experiences that Henrik Ibsen greatly valued the individual's and the nation's search for the true inner self. He did not believe in conforming to rigid social structures, but instead in discovering our individual needs and desires. His work regarding women's rights and freedoms will be warmly remembered by women everywhere for many years to come.