New Woman Part 2

Although Hedda is not fully considered a “new woman” she has many of the traits and the personality that complementary to this title. She can be seen as a new woman shoved into Old Woman trappings, and who thus naturally gravitates towards pushing limits, pulling strings, and manipulating others in the hopes of freeing herself. She is a New Woman, then, looking for her place in life. She constantly pushes against the limits which society imposed on women. Unlike many women of the time she did not get married when she very young but waited until she was a little bit older. She married a man she didn't love simply because her "time ran out". The thought of bearing a child is something which she refuses to consider unlike the old woman who sees one of her sole purposes is to have children.