Hedda Gabler
HEDDA GABLER - LONG ESSAY
Henrik Ibsen portrays a microcosm of nineteenth century Norwegian society
in his play Hedda Gabler. Hedda, the protagonist, exhibits a mixture of
masculine and feminine traits due to her unique upbringing under General
Gabler and the social mores imposed upon her. However, although this society
venerates General Gabler because of his military status, his daughter Hedda
is not tolerated due to her non-conformity to the accepted gender
stereotypes. Hedda's gender-inverted …
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…as fearful of scandal as all that" and
takes her life, ironically avoiding the scandal surrounding Lovborg's death
and yet causing a scandal concerning her own. Hedda's masculine preference
for the pistols to any feminine task of housekeeping and her fear of scandal
due to not conforming with society's accepted gender roles leads her to kill
herself, thus demonstrating that things which "one doesn't do" are not
tolerated by her society of nineteenth century Norway.
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