Hedda Gabler

HEDDA GABLER The more I read and look into Hedda Gabler the more I like it and appreciate Ibsen’s efforts. It is kind of a pre-modernistic soap opera. Each character exhibits a complex set of traits, some good and some wicked. All the traits play off of one another and create depth and familiarity. The work seems to be far beyond Ibsen’s time. it has more than enough drama, suspense and mystery to …

…the flaws of hers? Maybe he saw in himself Tesman or Jorgen, maybe they too were real people. Although this is a wonderfully entertaining and thought provoking play I really feel that analyzing it more than I already have will take away some of the effect. I think I have written everything I have to say about Hedda Gabler, but I hope to see this play made into a blockbuster movie sometime in my life.