Nora and Hedda

Nora and Hedda’s Struggle for Independence In Isben’s two plays, A Doll’s House and Hedda Gabler, one character of each play breaks the stereotype or mold that is put on them. These two characters are Nora and Hedda. There are likenesses as well as differences between the two, however. In A Doll’s House Nora is the protagonist, while, in Hedda Gabler, Isben chooses to make Hedda the antagonist. Both Nora and …

…cold hearted. They are the same, however, when it comes to their struggle for independence from the men in their life. In both of Isben’s plays he places men is the characters’ life that causes each one make a decision to go against the stereotypical woman. Nora chooses to identify the problem and get away from it, but Hedda decides to take matters into her own hands and control the problem for personal gain.