Sympathy For Mr. Rank In Ibsen's Play

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I do have more sympathy for the doctor or Mr. Rank. He is the only one in the play that does not want to get or force anything. I have sympathy towards Mrs. Kristine Linde. It resonates me the way this play ends. I think this play is really interesting. This play is relevant to a modern audience because it treats the relationship problems of society.
I have more sympathy for Mr. Rank because he always tries to help Nora even when her husband is present. Mr. Rank always visits the Helmers and never asks for anything. It is a bit sad how he tries to get something from Mrs. Nora, but he can not because she is married. Mr. Rank is also about to die, so who can be against a doctor that is at the end of his life. He also leaves two envelopes when he leaves, which could have saved the Nora and Torvald relationship if they would have hurried and save Mr. Rank’s life. Even though Mr. Helmer sees Mr
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Keeping it for the middle class makes it available for any class, even lower and upper class. It is not written in verse, which makes it understandable and very attractive for the general public. It is really amazing how they keep the same stage, and they just change the furniture. Henrik Ibsen truly made a great job keeping the audience involved in the play by creating and amazing plot. Nowadays, people do not want to go to the theater to see special effects or different decorations. The audience wants to watch the actors performing well and they want to be absorbed by the plot. This play is relevant to a general society since it is interesting even after forty years of been performed for the first time. This play is important because it has an interesting plot and a tremendous end. Without this end this play would not have been so good. After Mr. Rank leaves and Kristine and Krogstad get together, it looks as if she is trying to be with Mr Rank before he

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