Time can sometimes change people. This can cause people to forget, learn new things, and even change their minds on topics. This was the case in my own life for two years. When I was in high school, I read A Doll's House (1879) by Henrik Ibsen for a literature class. The play is about a woman who illegally borrows money to save the life of her humiliating husband. Later blackmailed by a banker, she reveals what she did to her husband who is horrified. Eventually, she decides to leave the family to find herself more. After reading it and analyzing it in class, I came to the conclusion that Nora was right in what she did. She was a pioneer of her time in that she spoke her mind and was able to express her independence. However, two years later, after rereading it for this course, my view of Nora changed. Instead of being strong and independent, I now see her as a childish and poor mother. Using a reader-response approach to literature analysis, I will compare my perspectives between each moment of reading the piece. Just as I saw Nora differently, other readers can create their own version of the play based on their knowledge and life experiences. Due to many views of the play's ending, Nora can be seen as either a strong, independent woman or a childish woman who does not realize the impact of her actions. Unni Langas points out in her article: “What did Nora do? Thinking about gender with A Doll’s House” (2005) helped solidify my initial vision of the play. The main point of her article is that she wants people to see the play more as a story of a woman gaining personal development and courage rather than as a gender role in a mostly male-dominated society. At the end of the play, she wants to read...... middle of paper ...... continuum of time; however, there is enough time for me to change my mind and opinion on this piece. At first, I saw Nora in a different light than when I reread it a second time. Two different scholarly articles support both of my views on how I interpreted the piece. Ultimately, I challenge readers to possibly pick up one of these pieces of literature that they must have read a while ago. By reading it a second time, their opinions might be changed or twisted into something completely different. Why not give him a second chance? Works Cited Kennedy, XJ, Gioia, Dana and Revoyr, Nina. Literature for life. Langås, U. (2005). What did Nora do? Think about gender with a dollhouse. Ibsen Studies, 5(2), 148-171. doi:10.1080/15021860500424254Tufts, C. (1986). Redesigning a doll's house: narcissism as a character motivation in Ibsen's play. Comparative drama, 20140-159.