The 19th century was a difficult time for women. They had strict duty’s they had to live by and specific responsibilities that controlled their lives. Women were told to stay home, clean the house, tend to their husbands needs, and be a mother to their children everyday from morning to night. Can you imagine doing these domestic duties everyday? Or can you imagine doing the duty’s in a dress that is uncomfortable? Women in the 19th century not only had to do the domestic duties, but they also had to dress a certain way. According to Kathryn Hughes “women had adopted the crinoline, a huge bell-shaped skirt that made it virtually impossible to clean or sweep the stairs without tumbling over” (Hughes, Kathryn). A short story by Ibsen “Hedda Gabler”
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She is a character that is strong willed, manipulates, lies, and has social power. She challenges the gender and society roles. Hedda came from an up scaled family and is a lot like her father. Her material wealth disappeared when she married Tesman showing that women had no control over property at the time. Although Tesman spent every penny he had on the house that Hedda picked, she is not satisfied. She makes that clear by stating “ I was just looking at my old piano. It really doesn’t go with these other things” and also stating “ Oh, no, don’t trade it in. I could never let it go. We’ll leave it in the back room instead. And then we’ll get a new one to put in here. I mean. As soon as we get the chance” (661). She tries to make Tesman feel bad, because he does not make enough money or cannot get her everything she wants. Women were grateful for what their husbands did. For Hedda it is the other way around. She makes Tesman work harder and makes him feel worse when he cannot provide her with what she wants.
Women loved to be a mother in the 19th century and wanted to have many children to help their family work and do chores around the house. Hedda on the other hand, did not want to have children. Tesman tells Aunt Julie to look at how Hedda has blossomed and how well she is filling out. Hedda though does not want to talk about the subject or does not want people took look …show more content…
I mean, you do know, to be with? Is he good to you” (666). There conversation is Hedda asking all the questions, controlling all the conversation, and getting information out of Mrs. Elvsted that she wants to know. Suicide was not common in the 19th century. It was really uncommon to see a women explain to a man how to commit suicide so it looked like beauty. However, Hedda is that exception. She convinced Mr. Loveborg to commit suicide because he lost his manuscript and did not know what to do with his life after losing it. Hedda stated, “Eilert Loveborg-Listen to me now-Can you see to it that-that when you do it, you bathe it in beauty” (698). She wants his suicide to represent beauty with vine leaves in his hair. Nobody in the 19th century would see suicide as beauty but Hedda. After Mr. Loveborg committed suicide he did not do it the way Hedda wanted him to and that really disappointed her. She has had power over everyone in her town until now. When Judge Brack finds out that she gave Mr. Loveborg her gun. Now he has power over her and can control what she does. Hedda does not like the feeling of having someone rule over here. Which in the 19th century many people ruled over women. So Hedda decides to take the matter into her own hands and show everyone how beauty looks in committing suicide. She does it by shooting herself right though the
She is a character that is strong willed, manipulates, lies, and has social power. She challenges the gender and society roles. Hedda came from an up scaled family and is a lot like her father. Her material wealth disappeared when she married Tesman showing that women had no control over property at the time. Although Tesman spent every penny he had on the house that Hedda picked, she is not satisfied. She makes that clear by stating “ I was just looking at my old piano. It really doesn’t go with these other things” and also stating “ Oh, no, don’t trade it in. I could never let it go. We’ll leave it in the back room instead. And then we’ll get a new one to put in here. I mean. As soon as we get the chance” (661). She tries to make Tesman feel bad, because he does not make enough money or cannot get her everything she wants. Women were grateful for what their husbands did. For Hedda it is the other way around. She makes Tesman work harder and makes him feel worse when he cannot provide her with what she wants.
Women loved to be a mother in the 19th century and wanted to have many children to help their family work and do chores around the house. Hedda on the other hand, did not want to have children. Tesman tells Aunt Julie to look at how Hedda has blossomed and how well she is filling out. Hedda though does not want to talk about the subject or does not want people took look …show more content…
I mean, you do know, to be with? Is he good to you” (666). There conversation is Hedda asking all the questions, controlling all the conversation, and getting information out of Mrs. Elvsted that she wants to know. Suicide was not common in the 19th century. It was really uncommon to see a women explain to a man how to commit suicide so it looked like beauty. However, Hedda is that exception. She convinced Mr. Loveborg to commit suicide because he lost his manuscript and did not know what to do with his life after losing it. Hedda stated, “Eilert Loveborg-Listen to me now-Can you see to it that-that when you do it, you bathe it in beauty” (698). She wants his suicide to represent beauty with vine leaves in his hair. Nobody in the 19th century would see suicide as beauty but Hedda. After Mr. Loveborg committed suicide he did not do it the way Hedda wanted him to and that really disappointed her. She has had power over everyone in her town until now. When Judge Brack finds out that she gave Mr. Loveborg her gun. Now he has power over her and can control what she does. Hedda does not like the feeling of having someone rule over here. Which in the 19th century many people ruled over women. So Hedda decides to take the matter into her own hands and show everyone how beauty looks in committing suicide. She does it by shooting herself right though the