An Analysis on Hedda Gablers Main Character

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Why does Hedda behave as she does? An analysis on Hedda Gablers main Character Norwegian playwright and poet Henrik Ibsen (1828 – 1906) created twenty-six plays and a volume of poetry. Ibsen is one of the world's greatest dramatists. He was the primary figure of an artistic renaissance that took place in Norway around the end of the nineteenth century. He is well-known for his nationalistic spirit and for exploring Europe’s social problems during the 1800s. Critics both past and present have praised his realistic approach to drama and his well-developed characters. He is best known for creating strong female characters in dramas such as A Doll's House and Hedda Gabler. Hedda Tesman Gabler is kicking around in Norway in the 1890s, so she’s very repressed, both socially and sexually. She is the daughter of the now deceased General Gabler, which means she grew up rich and fortunate. Now she is married to George Tesman, a future university lecturer and a bit of an academic turn off. Hedda has just returned from her six-month honeymoon with George and is settling into married life in the house he has bought particularly to satisfy her, though it meant stretching beyond his means economically. On top of the boredom and repression, Hedda: I often think there is only one thing in the world I have any turn for. Judge Brack: And what is that may I ask? Hedda: Boring myself to death. (page 106) Hedda is in all chances pregnant, though she would not admit it despite several hints from George’s Aunt Julie. Now Hedda is driven to find a purpose in her life as she increasingly finds the world closing in on her: the standards of society state that she should marry, that she must be a mother, and that she must stay at home and be an excellent scholar's wife. Hedda must confront her future as a housewife in a middle-class household. The fact that she is pregnant
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