1. Comparing Antigone and Hedda Gabler
In Hedda Gabler, Ibsen's use of sarcasm is comedic and is used in many scenes where Hedda is flirting with different male characters. ... Throughout Hedda Gabler, sarcasm is used in scenes that are flirtatious and sexual in nature. ... The purpose of sarcasm in Hedda Gabler is to allow characters, almost always involving Hedda, to talk about a more explicit subject than the one they seem to be conversing about. ... When tragedy is described as "convenient" the tone becomes very bitter, and the whole comment on what is so convenient about tragedy becomes bitterly sarcastic. ... In Ibsen...
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