Hedda Gabler is a 19th century literary piece by Ibsen that shows the correlation between wealth and manipulation in society then, as well as now. Ibsen portrays Hedda as a woman who gets her way by manipulating those around her because of the fact that she is unhappy.
In class we watched a movie on this piece, that in my mind was very similar to the reading.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSqm4VMl3wY   To see the reading actually acted out, gave me a better understanding of the surroundings that Hedda faced. I saw that Hedda’s actions came about because of societies flaws. As the movie explained, Hedda was part of a higher societal class when her father was alive. She tasted power and happiness only to live the life she lived now. Here it shows Hedda married to a middle-class man, so money wasn’t that easy to come by. In her mind she has went down in class. More importantly, her opinion used to matter, people used to listen to her, she had power. But again here we see her lack of power she had, forcing her to take it upon herself to gain some, through manipulation.
Its no coincidence that we see how when she had money she had power and vice versa. This shows the correlation between the manipulation and wealth. Unfortunately, now-a-days its the same way. Power=Money. This is something that could be used for good (if the money is used properly) or bad.

Question for thought: Does Hedda care more for money or power?

PS: I will save the feminism parts of my blog for future posts (stay tuned!)