Final Ideas of Hedda

This is Hedda Gabler's final blog post. But in reality I wanted to discuss some major ideas/themes. In the play there is most definitly a power theme which is seen with the pistol motif and also there is a theme regarding action/boredom, but another idea that I discovered related to human emotions. In some ways I think this play has to do with the irrationality as well as unpredictability of human emotions. Ibsen plays with the idea of love in Hedda, she herself sees it as a syrupy word and does not understand how to truly care for someone. Tesman and Juliana have this ideal idea of Love, its core in family and foundation and doing things for the ones you love. Brack appreciates intimacy in sharing ideas with friends. Lovborg and Thea believe in a companionship of love, similar to Brack but more on an equal level. This play isn't about love, not even close. But I like to think it is. I think it teaches us a lot about what to expect in love, relationships, and life. Ibsen doesn't make life sweet. He shows that everything doesn't go the way we plan, and that if we do things for the wrong reasons (ie. Hedda married Tesman, Hedda tried to get Lovborg to kill himself, Brack tried to manipulate Hedda) than things never go the way we have planned. I think he is showing us that every individual can be dangerous in this world because there is no universal definition regarding love and other emotions and so one cannot always understand another and that is way it Hedda Gabler emotions of rage, depression, etc conflict and lead to numerous deaths as well as a change of ways for characters. In some ways Hedda is searching for love, an equal love so she too can have power but is angry from prior life experiences and goes about it the wrong way. And so Ibsen demonstrates how love and human emotions play a key role in the evolution of plot