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TITLE : People may argue that George, Eilert, and Judge Brack are responsible for Hedda’s death, but in reality it is the fault of Hedda’s society. I’ve chosen this statement for several reasons. Ibsen’s character, Hedda Gabler, represents the women of the eighteenth and nineteenth century. Hedda stands the issues of self-worth and the deflated value that each woman places upon her own importance as a result of male dominance. We can …

…to be both inherent and learned depending upon one’s moral education. Hedda is both manipulated and manipulates by her vie for social power. The internal conflicts and the reasons behind them, like her fear for a scandal, her anger and disappointment and her lack of freedom to act autonomously in society caused her to delude herself into believing that she would find an answer in the case where she kept her father’s pistols.