# Destruction and Creation in Hedda Gabler

> Theme guide for Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen.

The tension between creative intellectual work (Lövborg's manuscript) and Hedda's destructive impulses, as she burns the manuscript and later destroys herself, asserting power through annihilation.

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