Hedda Gabler R1 Flashcards by Clyde Masilang | Brainscape

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Topic

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Ambiguity between hedda’s gender roles
reflects:
emerging identity
new woman

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Elab:

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emerging identity of the new woman inspired->
greater freedom and independence

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“There isn’t going to be any kind of disloyalty, anyhow. I won’t have that sort of thing,”
disloyalty-> scandal
imperative won’t-> resistance to idea

Implies Hedda feels forced into marriage

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tantalising stage direction [jesting]
sense of flirtatiousness

flaunts her “sex appeal analogous to the “New Woman”
hedonistic pleasures less trouble exploring

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“Everlastingly having to be with… with one and the same person,”

distaste for the stereotypical era standards
yet
inability to emerge from societal norms

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