# Social Constraint and Freedom in Hedda Gabler

> Theme guide for Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen.

Hedda's struggle against the restrictive roles of wife and homemaker in 19th-century society, and her desperate attempts to exert control over her own life, ultimately leading to her tragic end.

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