Analysis of Irony in A Doll’s House All scenes of this play take place in the late 1800’s home of one of the main characters, Torvald Helmer. Written by Henrik Ibsen, A Doll’s House contains many instances of irony. The main characters, Nora and Torvald, are especially involved in this. Many of the examples of irony in this play are types of dramatic irony. Dramatic irony usually refers to a situation in a …showed first 75 words of 785 total…

…showed last 75 words of 785 total…into situations in which he encounters things of greater significance than he anticipates. Works Cited Ibsen, Henrick. A Doll’s House. Trans. James Mcfarlane. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. 5th ed. Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. New York: Longman, 1999. 1413-1469. Bibliography Ibsen, Henrick. A Doll's House. Trans. James Mcfarlane. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. 5th ed. Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. New York: Longman, 1999. 1413-1469.