In his plays Ipsen analyze the mental world of his heroes, presenting the crises, the weaknesses and their passions. Thus, at the same time with the evolution of the play, we follow the evolution of the mental situation of the heroes. Hedda Gabler, a young lady from an upper social class, seeks in life the absolute, adores the beautiful and tries to live without conventions. Some compromises that she has come to till then and her marriage that leaves her unsatisfied create reasonable reactions for a character as her own. Thus she comes in conflict with her environment and with the general social surroundings, gradually getting trapped in a dead end, leading her to destruction.
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