It’s vital that you can write about the impact of Ibsen’s set showing an ordinary room. The stage directions call for ‘A comfortably and tastefully, but not   furnished room’ (Act 1, p. 23).

Ask yourself: What clues does the set give us to the Helmers’ way of life?

Possible answer: The furniture is neither antique nor cheap, suggesting recent prosperity. The piano and the engravings suggest culture.