Hedda Gabler Manipulation

The eras of enlightenment, romanticism, and realism each bringing a different flavor to the world of literature and drama. A theme that caught my eye is the idea of manipulating people. The three works that I have chosen each show how manipulation can be done in a different manner, ultimately bring these 3 works from different times in line to formulate a central theme. The first work is Tartuffe written in 1664. This work is in the enlightenment era, a time where God was seen as a creator but nothing more. This is the story of how a relatively wealthy man named Orgon befriends what he believes to be a poor religious man named Tartuffe. Tartuffe has a decent understanding of how Orgon’s brain works allowing him to use Orgon to get to fortune and possibly even his wife. Showing that the manipulation of a very powerful piece can get you …show more content…
This work tells the account of a newlywed couple and how the wife Hedda was a in short, a manipulative and rather ungrateful person, a prime example is how before her marriage she saw that Mr. Tesman was having an issue making conversation with her, so without a second though she looked at a house and said she liked it. That house is now the one she finds herself in and she detest the house, even though they may not be able to afford it. Hedda often proclaiming that she was bored, decides that she will play matchmaker to Mrs. Elvsted who she teased in grade school, and Loveborg who she spend a great deal of time with in her youth. In addition to her another character is Judge Brack who turns out to be even more vile than Hedda. When a puppeteer becomes a puppet, it was horrific for Hedda, the judge outright blackmails her unless she does as he says, which we deduced in class would more than likely be sexual acts. The very though was too much, enough to make Hedda a character once in control commit