Hedda Gabler / Marie Antoinette
Hedda Gabler is in a marriage of convenience she is in this relationship for her benefit of being labeled a married woman. Yet, she is not in love or has genuine feeling for George Tesman. I would compare this to the marriage of Marie Antoinette and King Louis the XVI. Both were marriages that weren’t for love. They were for social status, socio economic status and for family wealth, In Hedda’s situation it is known that her level in society is higher than Tesman’s , yet she marries him for the reason of convenience. He is captivated by her but it is notable in the story and the video that their relationship is only on the surface. They aren’t in love and they do not get along or have common interests. Similar to the relationship between Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI , there were married to unite their countries and at a very young age. Their relationship was only based on that reason, they didn’t love each other they were polar opposites and they we really only together at that time to produce heirs for their countries to have leverage against their rivals. Hedda and Marie Antoinette are similar in the aspect that they both other love interested besides whom they were married to. They were also both determined and cunning in a way that their husbands weren’t , in Hedda’s instance the way she manipulates the other characters. In Marie Antoinette’s instance being determined in the way that she got the role accomplished of being the Queen of France and having heirs to the French throne. As well as cunning in the way that she has a completely different view of how she would live her life in French court and gamble and gossip as opposed to her husband who was a shy introverted monarch.
Interesting comparison! Do you think that Marie Antoinette was more satisfied with her life than Hedda is?
I think she was more satisfied with her life. But in the aspect of their marriages they were both unsatisfied.