Essays on Gabler

Introduction

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1. Why Hedda Gabler and not Hedda Tesman? Hedda belongs to the bourgeois class of her society. Using Hedda Gabler instead of Hedda Tesman is meant to show the audience how Ibsen's main protagonist prefers to identify herself. Hedda is the daughter of a general who ends up marrying into a lower class thereby lowering her social status. However, she still wants to identify herself as an aristocrat. People in Hedda's society enjoy privileges according to their social status. Belonging to the bourgeois class means that she does not enjoy as many benefits as she would enjoy under the ...

We live in a world where toys are color-coded blue for boys and pink for girls. TV commercials for certain products food included are focused on men on one hand and others target women. Women have been cultured to be fond of “chick flicks” which are predominantly romantic comedies whereas men are meant to watch action movies and soccer. Roles and plays have been highly gendered. These cultural assumptions have been in existence since time immemorial. Therefore, the thesis by which this paper is guided is two-fold: there is a direct causative relationship between the cultural assumptions on gender ...

Evidently, Judge Brack is the “manly” character in Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler just because his occupation means that he possesses money and power, qualities that continue to epitomize masculinity even in conventional societies. Notably, aside from his apparent confidence as a judge, the man is also keen to exert his influence and have the others serve his whims. For illustration purposes, one can consider Judge Brack’s exchange with Hedda Tesman after the former delivers news of Eilert Lovborg’s suicide. In Hedda’s words, she became “subject to [Brack’s] will and [his] demands” after he subtly ...