I'm glad you finished this review in spite of the everything happening right now. Ibsen's real big on societal expectations that go along with titles, isn't he: The Banker, The Doctor, The Wife, they're all expected to play up to a certain image and gee whiz do things really break down when one of them realizes they can't anymore. Torvald I guess spends a lot of time not realizing he can't, but tries to keep up that paterfamilias image seen as favorable in the community the only way he knows how. Too bad applying middle management to the family doesn't do a thing.