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Essay / Hedda Gabler and A Streetcar Named Desire - 540
In the two plays, Hedda Gabler and A Streetcar Named Desire, the authors create very complex characters whose obsession creates conflicts regarding their private lives. Tennessee Williams creates Blanche, whose heroine, and Stanley, whose antagonist. On the other hand, in the play Hedda Gabler, Henrik Ibsen creates Hedda, the heroine and the antagonist, Judge Brack, the antagonist. Both authors establish antagonists, such as Stanley and Judge Brack, containing some sympathetic elements to help the reader understand their motivations towards the heroines Blanche and Hedda. The characters of Stanley and Judge Brack get motivations analyzed by the reader as known as revenge and contemptuous but sympathetic acts to oppress the protagonists of the story. Stanley is, at first, seen as a dominant and brutal individual, but William's use of showmanship implies an opposite thought. For example, Williams describes Blanche's bed near Stella and Stanley's bedroom, but readers may wonder what is so vital about the bed's position. In conclusion, Stanley...