A Comparative study on the main female characters' self liberation in Henrik Ibsen's Adoll's House and Hedda Gabler - Digital Collection of Petra Christian University

Both A Doll's House and Hedda Gabier talk about the position
of women in the Victorian period. At that time women lived
in a male oriented society in which they had to be submissive to
men. Because of their position, they want to seek freedom,
equality, and personal meaning in society. Nora and Hedda
consider that they can gain what they long for by releasing the
bondage of their marriage. This arouse the curiousity of the
writer, how Nora's and Hedda's self liberation can be achieved
through the destruction of their marriage. Finally Nora comes
to her realization of how her position is after hearing her
husband's judgement toward her as an irresponsible wife and
mother, while Hedda is aware of her dislike of living in a
bourgeois environment. She wants to defend her dignity and gain
her personal freedom back. Because of their position, both Nora
and Hedda decide to achieve their self liberation eventhough
they have to achieve it by sacrificing their marriage. The
marriage destruction reveals that they are not dependent on men
anymore, they do not want to be dominated by men, and they can
reveal their own will and decision. They become true human
beings who can follow their conscience and do what they want to
do and to be what they want to be.

Contributor
• (86-012) Jenny Mochtar Djundjung
• (42101) ANTONIUS GURITO

Subject
1. IBSEN, HENRIK,1828-1906. A DOLL'S HOUSE-STUDY AND TEACHING
2. IBSEN, HENRIK,1828-1906. HEDDA GABLER-STUDY AND TEACHING
3. NORWEGIAN DRAMA-19TH CENTURY-STUDY AND TEACHING

Keyword
male oriented society, personal freedom, sexual politics, victorian period, liberation

Category
s1 - Skripsi/Undergraduate Thesis (Program Studi Sastra Inggris S-1)

Rights
Undergraduate Thesis No. 541 (11493107)
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