Hedda Gabler

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf play
gptkbp:adaptation film
opera
theatre
gptkbp:character gptkb:Hedda_Gabler
Jørgen Tesman
Ejlert Lövborg
gptkbp:characterDevelopment gptkb:Hedda_Gabler
Jørgen Tesman
Thea Elvsted
gptkbp:conflict internal conflict
external conflict
gptkbp:criticalReception controversial
gptkbp:culturalImpact performed worldwide
influenced feminist literature
studied in literature courses
gptkbp:genre tragedy
gptkbp:hasPerformance 1891
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hedda Gabler
gptkbp:influences modern drama
gptkbp:inspiration Ibsen's_life
gptkbp:language Norwegian
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Hedda_Gabler
gptkbp:motif control
desire
despair
gptkbp:notableQuote "I am not a coward!"
"I want to be free!"
"I am not going to be a mother!"
"I want for once in my life to be able to say: I have done this!"
"I am not going to be a pawn!"
"I refuse to be trapped!"
"I want to be able to choose my own fate!"
"I want to be the one who decides!"
"I will not be a victim!"
"People are so afraid of life."
gptkbp:publishedBy 1890
gptkbp:setting Christiania
gptkbp:symbolism windows
pistols
the past
gptkbp:theme freedom
manipulation
societal expectations
gptkbp:wrote Henrik Ibsen