Henrik Ibsen was born on March 20, 1828 to Knud and Marichen Ibsen. He and his four younger brothers grew up in Skien, a small Norwegian coastal town. Henrik expressed an interest in the arts at an early age because his mother played the piano, painted and attended theater productions. He spent much of his time reading, painting, as well as practicing and performing magic tricks. When Henrik was eight years old, the Ibsen family fell into poverty because his father's company faced financial difficulties. Ibsen abandoned school at the age of fifteen and became an apprentice in a pharmacy in Grimstad, Norway. He wrote his first play, Catiline, in 1849. A year later, Ibsen moved to Christiania and befriended Ole Schulerud who paid for the publication of Catiline. The show failed to attract attention; however, Henrik's stage career continued to grow. Ole Bull, violinist and theater director, offered him both writing and managing positions for the Norwegian Theater in Bergen. His work in the theater led him to complete his second play Love's Comedy, a satirical play about marriage. Ibsen's plays moved theater from romanticism to naturalism. His literary material focused on bringing attention to everyday situations while showing insights into the human condition. This caused Ibsen to leave Italy after publishing Brand in 1865. This five-act tragedy depicted a priest losing his family and life due to his devotion to the faith. This play made him famous in Scandinavia despite having lost prestige in Italy. Ibsen still managed to challenge the upper classes with his works such as The Pillars of Society (1868), Ghosts (1881), An Enemy of the People (1882), Hedda Gabler (1890) and A Doll's House (1... . .. middle of the paper ... because they are intrigued by what will become of Nora and Helmer's family. Furthermore, this comedy demonstrates the existing problems that still occur within relationships, thus leaving it up to the audience to decide how to resolve them The audience must decide whether or not a man is capable of loving a woman enough to offer his honor for her sake, as well as, is a woman more of a man than a man when it comes to self-sacrifice? romanticized his characters or plot, rather addressed a current problem of the time without promoting a solution. Therefore, Ibsen left an open question for his audience to resolve. Some drove him into exile because of the argument women and men's rights was a taboo. However, this topic still manages to capture the attention of modern audiences who realize that problems are yet to find a perfect solution.