a “well-made play” calls for a denouement, a resolution which is entirely logical and hence, clear. It is not supposed to have any unsolved issues or loose ends to puzzle the audience. As with a “well-made play”, here all the secrets are revealed, the letter is read, and Torvald forgives Nora. Following the logic of cause and effect, that should be the end of “A Doll’s House”; if it were a “well-made play”. It is here that Ibsen converts this form