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A dolls House Henrik Ibsens revolutionary play A Doll's House was written by Henrik Ibsen. It was first performed in 1879 at the Danish Royal Theatre where many people were shocked and cried out in indignation. Indeed, this play does not look like the traditional and romantic drama the audience was used to. Actually, Ibsen added new elements which were so new that he gained the reputation of a ground-breaking dramatist but furthermore the reputation of a revolutionary author. He was first called a modernist, because modernism denotes a self conscious break with traditional modes of knowing world and a new emphasis on the importance of the contemporary world. Joseph Wood Krucht stated: 'to be modern is to be, in many important ways, different from his predecessors.' The must important way we could discern is the aim: Ibsen had a different aim from his predecessors. Besides, he also was very different...

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