I attended the Arts at Baruch “A Doll’s House” reading, I had mix feelings about Nora during the play at some points she seemed like she was trying to protect her husband but in many scenes it seemed she was just trying to protect herself. I don’t know if I agree with her on her decision to leave her husband and children however. I know she felt as she was his “doll”, however leaving your children behind just because you have “to find yourself” seems a bit selfish to me. Their marriage may have taken place in a time where marriage was viewed in a very different way but at the core it seemed to have a very major and common problem a lot of relationships have which is not being able to communicate. Nora at one point says “This is the first time in our marriage that we have actually sat down to have a real conversation” Which hit me hard on a very personal level, something I certainly was not expecting from watching this reading. I am very familiar with the feeling of not ever having a “real conversation” in a relationship. Which made me relate to Nora, I understood her pain about feeling like she wasn’t important enough in his life to have a real conversation. Overall I was glad I attended the workshop.