In discussing the character of Hedda Gabler through the lens of Psychoanalysis, Dr. Paonam Sudeep Mangang lectured, "In Hedda Gabler (1890), Ibsen lays a great emphasis on individual psychology. It is a full-length portrayal of a woman character of the same name as the play. In the play, Hedda Gabler is depicted as a neurotic character and Ibsen shows his deep understanding of individual psychology, especially abnormal psychology." Mangang notes how Ibsen's understanding of the human condition in its worst, but perhaps most natural, forms informed Freud in his understanding of Psychoanalysis, as Mangang continues, "The present study of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler throws many a light on some key aspects of psychoanalysis like Neurosis, Repression, Hysteria, Phallic symbols, Oedipus complex, Transference, etc. on which Freud was later to deal on." Below is a discussion with Dr. Arnold Tobin and Dr. Eva Lichtenberg, hosted by Michael Halberstam. The trio further discuss how Psychoanalysis was deployed and can be read in the characters of Hedda Gabler, especially noting Hedda Gabler herseld.
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