Upon Hedda Gabler's premier, one critic wrote that she was, "a monster created by the author in the form of a woman who has no counterpart in the real world." She was seen as a pure, confounding evil. While these critiques might not consider the total work and its genius, there is a point to be made about the pure evil of Hedda. She seems to have no purpose in her tormenting, and only torments because she herself is unhappy. This is expounded on by Maratab Ali, Sumera Batool, Abdul Bari Khan Niazi, Fariza Nida Tayyab, and Hajra Asghar in their article "Critical Review of Hedda Gabler as a Demon or Monster Feminist. "In to be seen agenda of research somehow, Hedda Garbler while portraying feminist eccentric is realistically indigent of the feminist attributes that women normally have. Ibsen the illustrious feminist dramatist has flopped to manage her into a real feminist personality, and still she is no respect competent of being call up a woman. She is more than that. In Ibsen’s play of Hedda Gabler, Hedda goes beyond the limittes.In disguise of Feminism she wants to rule over the world. But never ever permit anybody to neither rule over her nor even her husband."
This assertion can be noted in Act II of the play: HEDDA: Then life would perhaps be live able, after all. [With a sudden change of tone.] But now, my dearest Thea, you really must have a glass of cold punch. MRS. ELVSTED: No, thanks--I never take anything of that kind. HEDDA: Well then, you, Mr. Lovborg. LOVBORG: Nor I, thank you. MRS. ELVSTED: No, he doesn't either. HEDDA: [Looks fixedly at him.] But if I say you shall? LOVBORG: It would be of no use. HEDDA: [Laughing.] Then I, poor creature, have no sort of power over you? Ibsen, H. Act 2(1926)
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Songs like Dolly Parton's "Jolene" or Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" have a way of turning a bad woman into a ballad of a lifetime. While John Cale's 1977 song "Hedda Gabler" is not quite as popular, it is interesting to see how such stories can take hold in pop culture. As the saying goes, well behaved woman rarely make history. |
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