World Literature And The Human Experience Analysis

Professor Hutchison
ENG 125 World Literature and the Human Experience
30 October 2015
Paper #1 Europe in the nineteenth century was similar to North America, women and men were expected to fill separate parts of society. Men were expected to live a public life, whether it was working in a factory or socializing with men in public places, like clubs, meetings, or bars. Women on the other hand, were usually expected to live their lives usually homebound, taking care of the cooking, cleaning, and possibly their children if they had any. Hedda has bitterness toward life because it has fulfilled the least of her expectations. She actually has all that should make for happiness which is a home, she is living fairly wealthy and a dedicated husband;

The attitude becomes “Why are you happy and I’m not? I will make you pay for me not also being happy like you are.” It is important to recognize the intense despair of one who feels left out of life. It is also extremely important to notice when one is going through hardship because then sadistic behaviors come out. In this case, Hedda makes the attempt by making endless demands. She must have everything she desires, a butler, a new piano, and even parties. In Act I, George was speaking to Aunt Tesman about the honeymoon and said, “You’re right—it was a bit more costly. But Hedda had to have that trip, Auntie. She really had to. There was no choice,” (Ibsen 657). It is really sickening to readers to know that she says she is wanting all these things but on the inside, she doesn’t even really want any of them, she just intends on making George feel guilty because he doesn’t do this for her normally. Hedda shows only criticism when instead she can easily be showing appreciating for having an intelligent

Throughout the play, Hedda leads Judge into thinking she wants him so he could keep his hopes up with her. She isn’t one that would want to help fulfill someone’s wanting so instead, she leads him into thinking she is attracted to him as well, then eventually finds a way to try to make him feel guilty by taking her life at the end of this play. Towards the end of Act IV, after Judge Brack comes in to inform them that Lövborg has been hospitalized, Thea and George go in to the living room to try to sort out the rest of his book, George tells Hedda that he will not spare a minute and says, “It will happen. It must happen. I’ll give my whole life to this,” (705 Ibsen), Hedda then learns that Judge Brack will be in charge of entertaining her while George and Thea try to put the pieces to Lövborg’s book . Hedda has abnormal sense when it comes to teasing people for what they seek from her. Judge Brack shows excitement when Tesman tells them it may take “months” to get this book complete by saying, “That will be an infinite pleasure for me,” (708 Ibsen). Soon after that is when Hedda went outside and took the bullet in the temple and ended her unsatisfied life. After she had heard that she was going to be stuck with Judge Brack, it seemed as if she could not bear to live for another moment with Judge Brack so she decided to commit suicide thinking that will fix all of the