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2007-03-03 04:22:04 · 2 answers · asked by Drew 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I have found an interesting study on the matter. http://human-nature.com/free-associations/hand.html. She is certainly neurotic and out of line with the society of her time and we tend to regard such people as crazy. She is inhibited by her upbringing, yet feels the urge to behave outrageously. She is self-centred, selfish, arrogant and cruel and appears to pay no heed to the way in which her actions affect those around her. Why does she behave the way she does? Is she the bully or the victim? I suppose that this is the case with many people suffering from psychiatric disorders -- one feels sorry for them and yet deplores their behaviour, which brings discord to our well ordered world. It is a very uncomfortable play to watch, especially as we might well see strands of our own personality in the eponymous heroine -- and not want to admit it!
2007-03-03 05:31:00 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, she's dealing with conflicts neurotically. Hedda Gabler (1890) was a study of a neurotic woman. Oscar Wilde, after attending the play, wrote: "I felt pity and terror, as though the play had been Greek."
See: www.kirjasto.sci.fi/ibsen.htm
2007-03-03 12:35:31 · answer #2 · answered by lyyman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋