This is a story written in an era, when Europe and Norway were like the opposite of each other.
"Ibsen showed Europe that the theater could be more than just spectacle, that it could be an art for addressing the most serious moral and social questions of the time" (Ibsen 778). Ibsen was born and raised in the rural part of Norway. He was not raised in the fine cities of Europe. Hedda Gabler was one of his most prestiges plays that he wrote. "Hedda Gabler is a play about the daughter of a general who marries Tesman, an aspiring scholar waiting for his university post" (Ibsen 780). As this play evolves at the very begining, one can tell that they both or opposite of each other. Tesman is what you would call as a square, slang for a dummy. He doesn't seem to realize that he's being taken for a ride, slang being used. They both came from two different back  grounds. Hedda is a cunning coniving ruthless woman, who will stop at nothing to get her way. Regardless to who ever she hurts along the way. This play shows how some people will do any thing for money, power and the ability to control others.Hedda is a con woman on the lose devouring every one that she comes in contact with. A con person is a manipulator that justifies their action on their needs. Therefore what ever they sense they need its fair game to them. Hedda is a born manipulator with inherit born skills. She uses them through out this entire play.