Hedda Gabler

Does Ibsen play depict a failure of artistic impulse in a world dominated by socio economic concerns how do you interpret the death of Lovborg in Hedda Gabler

From Drama : Hedda Gabbler by Ibsen

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One of the more compelling themes in Hedda Gabler involves how an individual is groomed to cope with the stifling pressures of society, and whether they maintain the trappings of their "wild" self or succumb completely to a community's norms. Hedda is obviously torn between the two (see "Individual vs. Group"), but right before shooting herself, she plays a "wild piano piece", as if to claim her soul before burying it. Meanwhile, Tesman is at odds with Lovborg: the former can only regurgitate other people's tried-and-tested ideas, while the latter is an untamed genius who simply writes down his thoughts and theories and finds them met with acclaim. Tesman, however, is too afraid to ever indulge his own original thoughts, and so dedicates his life to reconstructing Lovborg's ideas and taking credit for them.

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