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A PSYCOLOGICAL ANALYSIS ON THE MAIN CHARACTER IN HENRIK IBSEN’S “HEDDA GABLER”
- 1. A PSYCOLOGICALANALYSIS ON THE MAIN CHARACTER IN HENRIK IBSEN’S “HEDDA GABLER” By : VANNY PUTRI
- 2. Abstract In this presentation, the writer tries to analyze Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler. The purpose of this writing is to analyze the psychological analysis on the main character in this play, theories that are used are textual, contextual, and hypertextual by close reading method. keywords : psychology, Character, Hedda Gabler, Henrik Ibsen,
- 3. 1. Introduction Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen is a nineteenth century drama. Hedda Gabler tells about the women who newly married and bored with both her marriage and life. She is seeking to influence a human fate so people are easily believed by Hedda’s words. Hedda Gabler is the daughter of General Gabler.
- 4. 2. Poet’s Biography Henrik Ibsen was born on March 20, 1828, in Skien, Norway. In 1862, he was exiled to Italy, where he wrote the tragedy Brand. In 1868, Ibsen moved to Germany, where he wrote one of his most famous works: the play A Doll's House. In 1890, he wrote Hedda Gabler, creating one of theater's most notorious characters. By 1891, Ibsen had returned to Norway a literary hero. He died on May 23, 1906, in Oslo, Norway. Ibsen moved to Christiania (later known as Oslo) in 1850 to prepare for university examinations to study at the University of Christiania. Living in the capital, he made friends with other writers and artistic types. One of these friends, Ole Schulerud, paid for the publication of Ibsen's first play Catilina, which failed to get much notice.
- 5. 3. Theory and Methodology 3.1 Theory Character and Characterization “Character is the particular combination of qualities in a person or place that makes them different from others”. (http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/character “Characterization in literature refers the step by step process wherein an author introduces and then describes a character. The character can be described directly by the author or indirectly through the actions, thoughts, and speech of the character.” (http://literary-devices.com/content/characterization) “Psychological is relating to the human mind and feelings psychological problems”. (Cambridge Dictionary) 3.2 Methods To appreciate the drama of Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler To analyze the character in Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler To analyze the psychology in Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler
- 6. 4. Research Object The objects of research are sorted into a material and formal object. Material object in this study is Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen. Formal object of this research to analyze the character and characterization and the psychology of Hedda Gabler.
- 7. 5. Analysis 5.1 Analysis Textual Character and characterization Hedda Gabler : She is the main character, newly married and bored with both her marriage and life, seeking to influence a human fate for the first time. She is not a nice person, she is the daughter of General Gabler. George Tesman : He is Hedda's husband, George Tesman, is an obsessive scholar who spends most of his six-month honeymoon with his books, rather than with his wife. He loves Hedda, but he is not a particularly inspired man, content to regurgitate old research rather than follow his own ideas, and always looking for the approval of those around him. While Hedda seeks freedom from the norms, Tesman wants nothing more than to abide by them. Juliana Tesman : she is George's loving aunt who has raised him since early childhood. She is also called Aunt Julle in the play, and Aunt Ju-Ju by George.
- 8. Thea Elvsted : A younger schoolmate of Hedda and a former acquaintance of George. Nervous and shy, Thea is in an unhappy marriage. Judge Brack : He is an unscrupulous family friend. A family friend who is secretly in love with Hedda. He is often the purveyor of new information in the play, he is a manipulator on a par with Hedda. Eilert Lövborg : George's former colleague, who now competes with George to achieve publication and a teaching position. Eilert was once in love with Hedda. Bertha : she is a servant of the Tesmans. Berta used to work as maid for Miss Julie and Miss Rina, she has been with the family since George was a little boy. Now she works as a live-in maid for George and Hedda. Aunt Rina : she is Tesman's other aunt, and she is never seen in the play. She is in poor health and close to death's door.
- 9. 5.2 Analysis Hypertextual Psychological of Hedda Gabler In Hedda Gabler (1890), Ibsen lays a great emphasis on individual pshychology. Hedda Gabler is depicted as a neurotic character and Ibsen shows his deep understanding of individual psychology, especially abnormal psychology. Hedda is said to be a manly character. Even without showing Hedda’s behavior towards designated people, several evidences can be found of her manly personality, her psychological profile as a schizophrenic person is another evidence. Even though Hedda is married to Jorgen Tesman, she is presented as Hedda Gabler in the title, and later as general gabler’s daughter (Act I). the title does not only suggest her independence from her husband, but her independence from any other person in the play; contrary to Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway, who rather than depending on her husband to exist, depends on her father and remains “Mrs” Hedda Gabler remains “Hedda” and the force of her character is already conveyed through the title. Hedda is also the socially highest character in the play her aristocratic background, as compare to the bourgeois society she has to or rather choose to fit into.
- 10. 6. Conclusion Hedda Gabler is a play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Henrik Ibsen was present at the world premiere, which occurred on January 31, 1891 at the Residenztheater in Munich. Hedda Gabler tells about the women who newly married and bored with both her marriage and life. She is seeking to influence a human fate so people are easily believed by Hedda’s words. In the end of play, Hedda Gabler decided to suicide.