Names
As evidenced by the title, names are a big deal in Hedda Gabler (see "What's Up With the Title?"). They reflect the tension between formality and...The fashionable side of Christiana, Norway, in 1890 or possibly earlier
The town of Though all works of literature present the author’s point of view, they don’t all have a narrator or a narrative voice that ties together and presents the story. This particular piece o...
Realism, Drama, Psychological Thriller, Tragedy
Drama is all about conflict, and Hedda Gabler is full of it. Hedda, Eilert, Thea, George, Brack, and Aun...Pointed; Wry, especially with regard to all those Victorian standards
Sharp and Biting – or to borrow a vocab word from the text, "piquant."
Just read any exchange between Hedda and Brack – like this one:
HE...Let’s ask Ibsen. Hey, Ibsen, why did you call it "Hedda Gabler" if the woman’s name is "Hedda Tesman?"
Ibsen, in his writing: "My intention in giving it this name was to indicate...
To understand why Hedda commits suicide, you have to understand a lot about Hedda’s character. So we address the whole question of her untimely death in "Character Analysis." Here, we’r...
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