What if the play isn't about Heda at all? I think that the play is all about Lovborg. So I think Lovborg is individuality within this corrupt society and that Thea represents youth... you know like children and how the innocent are attracted to individuality; how the pureness of childhood makes the individual stronger against all other societual vices (drinking in Lovborg's case).
So the play is simply the story of society crushing individuality and scorning individuality and the possible realization by the individual that fitting in to society means absolutely nothing.
In saying this I think that Hedda does represent society but that her death is symbolic of society realizing that it can't change or escape its cyclical process entrapment and oppression and upon this revealing that the only way we can change society is to kill it (okay...keep following it gets good)
which means we have to totally destroy society<---- which means destroying classes and the class system and living in a classless society to ensure the happiness of society
BAM!!!Man I'm good. It makes sense don't question it.Everything is pro Marxist and I just proved it.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Okay I think I get it!!!
Posted by J'mag at 8:33 PM
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whoa, thats crazy but completely logical!!! but at the same time i dont like marxism, so ill saymaybe lovborg is just warning us of the negative repercussions of oppression and such?
psh, marxism is the stuff, lol. but interesting--If hedda and brack represent the accepted value in society, then that makes sense, because they have the most power. Lovborg is kind of an outlier in society, and his death means conform to society? But i like the destroying society so we can take control of our lives--very crazy.
J'mag, you always have to be different don't you? haha.
I just started understanding this book and now you put this on the table.
But I really like your interpretation...it makes a lot of sense!
Okay that was deep! I agree that Ibsen is making some important statements about society at the time. However, I thought that through Hedda's pregnancy, Ibsen showed how escaping societal pressures was nearly impossible. Women were expected to be mothers and despite Hedda's resistance to accepting this responsibility even she fell into the typical roles society had created. On the other hand, Thea and Lovborg are both examples of those who stepped outside of societal boundaries. Thea did this by leaving her husband of course and Lovborg was living in a time that was unspoken of...the future.There are so many ways that the play can be interpreted and J'Mag my dear you have done so in a very interesting yet understandable fashion!
Well maybe but I guess i see more from a femenist perspective, which is why i feel that not neccessarily hedda or lovborg but about the idea of the lack of balance between the sexes in the society of that time and sadly our time as well. Ibsen is good though so maybe your right, maybe i am or maybe we are all wrong...
you are crazy. that makes sense in the way that it doesnt make sense at all. i guess it's possible that breaking down society could help it but not really because who wants to be communist? not this kid.
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