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Lulu şi Hedda, două ipostaze ale Evei
Lulu and Hedda, two faces of Eve

Author(s): Calin Ciobotari
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Editura ARTES
Keywords: Henrik Ibsen; Frank Wedekind; feminine characters; comparative essay

Summary/Abstract: In this essay, I tried to analyse, in a comparative way, two of the most important feminine characters of modern theatre history: Lulu, the main character in two plays written by Frank Wedekind (Pandora`s Box and The Earth Spirit) and Hedda, the main character in the Ibsen`s play Hedda Gabler. The analysis was organized in conexion with few essentials relations between characters and the ideas of Beauty, Origine, Culture, Marriage, Love, Life, Freedom, Death. The conclusion of this essay: both Lulu and Hedda are two different faces of Eve, through Eve understanding, of course, the concept of feminity. The distances between the two feminine characters are huge and, paradoxical, in the same time, almost irrelevant.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 81 - 84
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: English