Doll's House is an example of realism in theater, specifically a realistic prose drama.Ibsen further used his realistic dramas to question moral standards in the society around him, and this social commentary has become a staple of the realist genre that he pioneered.Consequently, Henrik Ibsen's plays put ordinary characters through real-world struggles, and his characters speak in sentences (prose) rather than in rhyming verses.Many critics consider Ibsen the father of realistic prose drama.