A Push for Freedom in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen Some time after the publication of "A Doll's House," Henrik Ibsen spoke to a meeting of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights. She explained to the group: "I have to decline the honor of being told that I worked for the women's rights movement. I'm not even very sure what women's rights are. For me it was a human rights issue" ( ). "A Doll's House". " is often interpreted by readers, teachers and critics as an attack on chauvinistic behavior and a cry for the recognition of women's rights ( ). Its theme is instead identical to that of many of his plays written in the same period: the characters they willingly exist in situations of non-truth or inadequate truth that hide conflicts and