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Hedda Gabler's Suicide

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There is no denying the fact that Henrik Ibsen wrote many plays about women and their internal world. Nevertheless, Hedda Gabler is the unique and outstanding woman character. Moreover, this personage created a plenty of discussions and disputes because of her mixed and mystery picture of reality. Therefore, in order to understand the Hedda Gabler’s suicide, we have to look deeply into several moments of this famous play.

Hedda was born into aristocratic family and after her father’s death she faced with the serious and painful choice in her life. In Her vulnerable and refined soul did not want to get married with the Tesman, who was quite simple man and he did not understand her sense of life. However, he was the best option for her. But
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