The Tragedy of Fate
...al desires. The pride of nobility in her veins is constantly overlooked by her tragic mistakes of life: getting married, becoming pregnant and finding out that her husband’s death was accidental. Her defiance to adultery and conformity make her admirable, yet this hubris is tragic since it leaves her with only one way out. Tragedy had been at the fate of the Gods in the past, but we see Ibsen’s presentation of nineteenth century enlightenment in question of this authority as Hedda proves that one is not born into one’s place. The natural, ordinary scene described by Ibsen reveals an average person’s ability to reach anagnorisis, or realization. Unfortunately for Hedda, this realization, aided when everything touched became ludicrous and doomed, was that the world would be better without her. Externally, she would not compromise; she couldn’t live up to the standards by whi...