Examination of charcters in the Play Hedda Gabler

Examination of Charcters in the Play Hedda Gabler

Henrik Isben, author of the famous play Hedda Gabler, is called the father of modern drama and his play Hedda Gabler perfectly demonstrates why he is given this title. The way Isben jumped forward from traditional 19th century theater and focused on character rather than plot. “Henrik Ibsen was born in the Stockman Building in Skien, Norway. After leaving school at age fifteen and working for six years as a pharmacist's assistant, Ibsen went to Christiania hoping to continue his studies at Christiania University.”(Linnea) While attending Christiana University Ibsen decided that writing would be his career and is where he began to write poems and plays. One of his popular plays Hedda Gabler, is a play concerning a frustrated aristocratic woman and the vengeance she inflicts on herself and those around her. Hedda Gabler is a play that focuses on the role of women in a male-dominated society. Ibsen is careful to present the...