This essay is based off the two stories: “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen and “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell. Write an essay on the topic of secrets in Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” and Susan Glaspell’s “Trifles.” Identify as many secrets as you can in both plays and explain why the characters hide secrets from others and even from themselves. Do you think it is all right to keep secrets? Explain. Do the secrets in these plays do any harm? Explain. Give an example of a situation in real life when a secret was either harmful or beneficial.