Ibsen's+characters+were+derived+from+Danish+and+French+melodramas

Ibsen got his characters from Danish anf French melodramas. These melodramas are what gave him the tools to learn how to write his plays. He especially got his chracaters in A Doll's House from the melodramas. His characters in A Doll's House and in his other plays deeply resemble that of a melodrama.  check this link out for more characterization of the characters in A Doll's House