Hedda Gabler Essay

In todays society we have the everyow of doing as much as we can in order to succeed in animateness or provide for one self. Hedda Gabler sadly did not have this privilege and neither did any some other women throughtaboo the 1800s. The display cases for gender, both man and women were set in stone. The man was meant to provide stability and the woman to provide children and preform other household chores. All of Heddas life the most she could hope for was to marry into wealth or high stature. She wasnt able to work or dissemble money for herself without being frowned upon. Yet, Hedda seemed to push as many boundaries as possible and go against everything for her to have a shining moment and try to make her life memorable.This aspect I find extremely significant considering how different life for women and men is in current society. He portrayed every character in a way that each one had some way of going against the world they knew and this scandalous assortment of characters make for an enticing perspective on the role of men and women in the late 1800s. The whole point I feel Ibsen wanted to make was that everyone should analyze themselves accordingly be start his view on the society made it clear that he disagreed with what was going on at the time. Practically every critic in the play considered Hedda to be a monstrous creature, yet I doubt that anyone wanted to look past the play and really, what if? What if this way of living is unfair? What if it were different?This outrageous play was put in place to cause a widespread eye opening to all that were willing to watch it. Ibsen tore every piece of society he had a problem with into pieces and cautiously morphed them into something that could inspire an entire generation of people to change there ways. There was Hedda with her masculinity and shocking personality that made women uncomfortable in their seats her character made them overthink about how women act, how they should act, and what is or sho uld be acceptable. Teasmen made the men feel as if he was a complete fool to swoon and beg in order to gain Heddas approval.Thea may have seemed to act lady like and her type of personality was what was usually accepted of a women but I feel she did have her weaknesses yet at the same time she had a sneaky way of being manipulative in trying to get out of her situation as well. She was similar to Hedda in that sense, the only difference is that Hedda would always love to be the center of attention which made her more acknowledged. Henrik Ibsen attention to kindly issues in my opinion brought out all the good, the bad, and the ugly of that times society. He had much attention to detail and an advanced way of thinking which effectively brings all the problems of society into light.