Love is a strong feeling that human beings have for each other; however, in life, love can either bring happiness or misery into one’s life. In the play Hedda Gabler, Ibsen portrays Hedda a woman who lives a miserable life with no hope—she does not love her husband, George Tesman. Instead, Hedda looking for a successful marriage filled with joy, with the man that she loves with all heart—Eilert Lovborg. As readers continue to read the play thoroughly, readers get the opportunity to recognize that Eilert is competent of offering Hedda a passionate and exciting marriage—George Tesman is unable to. Nonetheless, Hedda’s marriage is the epitome of a boring, miserable, and frustrating marriage. Throughout the course of this thorough analysis, readers will be able to learn how George Tesman and Eilert Lovborg play a major role in Hedda’s downfall—her death. …show more content…
In addition, marriage is a pivotal moment in one’s life; it represents the start of a long life journey filled with love, pure happiness, triumphs, and hardships. In the quotation below, readers learn that in Hedda’s conversation with Brack; she describes her marriage with George Tesman—as a marriage filled with boredom. Hedda’s boredom represents a woman who wants to enjoy her life with her husband; by taking part in entertaining and joyful activities with her husband—this does not include spending time in the library doing