... comedic, flirtatious, and even cynical at times. A good example of the different effects and purposes of sarcasm can be seen in a comparison of Hedda Gabler and Antigone. In Hedda Gabler, Ibsen's use of sarcasm is comedic and is used in many scenes where Hedda is flirting with different male characters. In Antigone, Anouilh's use of sarcasm is less obvious, and conveys a bitter and cynical effect. Throughout ... not always so true the principle as we ought to be." Hedda then comments," Oh, I"m sure you"re an exception, Judge." Ibsen makes use of italicizing certain words to emphasize th...

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... fall of tears. Therefore, the allusion to storms in Emma's view of love is interpreted as a bad omen. Henrik Ibsen also uses figurative language to foreshadow the ruin of Hedda in "Hedda Gabler."" Hedda complains about the smell of lavender and pot-pourri in the house (Ibsen 207). She says that the house has, "a sort of odour of death. Like a bouquet the day after a ball."" Though ... this figurative language spoken by Hedda foreshadows Aunt Rina s death, it also foretells her own. Her death isn t but a few days ... with that, she falls deeper and deeper until she ends her sorrows with...

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... were resolved can be understood through an in-depth reading, close attention to detail, and a focus on the integral complexities and changes of each characters life through the play. Ibsen's play commences with Hedda, the play's main character, and her husband George sitting in their home after a six month honeymoon. George aunt Julie also enters the scene. The reader sees from the ... sake, as well as her husband's apparent lack of emotional concern emitted a lot of response. Ibsen addressed the issue in a letter, which stated: "I shall not let a moment go by before replying briefly to...

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... arts and literature. He brought these out in the play by showing an individual's conflict with society and its pressures that contradict ones desires. In Ibsen's Hedda Gabler we meet a woman who has let society, social class, and social power take over and ruin her sanity and therefore life. The four acts ... herself as a scandal might develop. John Northam states: "An expression of an aristocratic fastidiousness that demands privacy from the intrusions of the vulgar world." Hedda's personality is very dominant and she needs to be in control of everything, clearly a destiny as she puts ...

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