Marriage is an eternal commitment between two individuals. At least that's what marriage should be. In Henrik Ibsen's play "A Doll's House" he puts a twist on the reality of "happily ever after" marriage. Henrik Isben was born on March 20, 1828 in Skein Norway. With the appearance of 'A Doll's House' Ibsen's fame spread beyond the Scandinavian borders to the rest of Europe and the world. (Mass,Wilson pg.115) Ibsen wrote A Doll's House in the late 18th century originally in Norwegian while ibsen was in Rome and Amalfi, Italy. (Moss,Wilson Pg.115) The play was published on 4 December 1979 and first performed in Copenhagen on 21 December 1879. Because a doll's house was a twist on reality, many 18th century critics believed that "no playwright would have created such an assertive and likable heroine without feeling sympathy for the challenges women face right now" (Allphin). Yet Ibsen says it is true. His legitimate intentions to write the play were not dictated by sympathy, but simply by simple humanity. "It is true that it is desirable to solve human rights problems together with others, but this has not been the aim. My task has been to describe humanity" (Ibsen, Allphin). Although many critics felt that Nora's transformation was an apparent one, the fickle and submissive women of the first two acts could only show so much resolve and strength in the third act. (Moss, Wilson Pg.115) So much so that one critic mentions Errol Durbach in his book; A Dolls House: Ibsens Myth Of Transformation stated that "Ibsen had disgusted his audience by 'violating the unconventional'" (Durbach). Many others also failed to visualize the kind of behavior demonstrated by Nora. However in a review of the performance of the 1986, New York Times contributor Walter Goodman stated that...... half of the paper ......edAllphin, Clela. "Women in Henrik Ibsen's Plays" New York:Revisionist, 1975.Durbach, Errol. “A Dolls House: Ibsen Mtyh of Transformation,” TwayneMasteworks Studies, Twayne Pulishers, 1991Goodman, Walter. “Review of A Doll House,” The New Yorker Times, May 14, 1986Ibsen, Henrik.”A Dolls House.” A PortableLiterature". pages 787-837 Translated by Rolf Fjelde Boston: Wadsworth2013,2010,2007. PrintMoss, Joyce and George Wilson. "A Doll's House and Its Times: Profiles of 300 Major Literary Works and the Historical Events That Shaped Them influenced.”: Civil Wars on Frontier Societies (1800-1880 Detroit: Gale, 1997. 111-117). Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web.November 16, 2013.Kirszner, Laurie, and Stephen Mandell. Portable Literature: Read, React, Write, Eighth Edition. Boston: Wadsworth 2013,2010,2007.Print