In this case, both authors foretell the downfall of the main female character in each work: Emma Bovary in Madame Bovary and Hedda Tesman in "Hedda Gabler."" ... Henrik Ibsen also uses figurative language to foreshadow the ruin of Hedda in "Hedda Gabler."" ... The cultural setting is important to note here. ... Anton Chekhov's statement holds true for "Hedda Gabler."" ... Hedda herself dies later that day. ...

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In order to discuss the morphing of doll house' into prison' in A Doll's House and Hedda Gabler one must first examine what makes their domestic situations doll houses' in the first instance. ... Hedda's doll house' is put into question due to the very fact that Hedda, always in want of "power- and "to feel that I [Hedda] control a human destiny-, knew exactly what type of marriage she was entering into. ... Hedda brought up by her father, the general, takes on the role as Hedda Gabler - her father's daughter, as the title suggests. ... The audience se...

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