1. Heroines in a Doll's House
... day. Hedda brought up by her father, the general, takes on the role as Hedda Gabler - her father's daughter, as the title suggests. This is represented in her love of pistols but also in her love for such things as politics which she wishes to vicariously live through Tesman. "So you think it would be quiet out of the question for Tesman to end up as PM ... that she is failing in her "duty- as "wife and mother- may have been a social response rather than a personal-internalised one. It is often argued that the time of the plays setting men had more social pressure to conform to norms as...
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