books

so im doing my motif paper on the book motif in hedda gabler, and i thought id do some brainstorming on here. everybody in the whole story seems obsessed w/ books- George's life goal is to build up his library, Mrs Elvsted wants to write a book even though shes a woman, and lovborg wants to redeem himself to society through his new, revolutionary manuscript.

also, the books that people are associated with tend to describe their characters. George writes about the past (and reads about it), because he's stuck in the past, and the way society used to be. he was always cared for, always had social power, and always had this same goal for a future (house, wife, job). Lovborg writes about the future and represents the future; he seems to cooperate with women instead of just using them and manipulating them.

so why does ibsen develop this motif this way?
i guess thatll be another blog entry