"The Theme of it All" Comparing the themes of "The Plague" by Albert Camus and "Hedda Gabbler" by Henrik Ibsen

The themes in the Albert Camus's, "The Plague", and "Hedda Gabler" by Henrik Ibsen are rather interesting. The central theme in "The Plague" is suffering itself, which crushes the people of Oran physically and spiritually. The plague, is described as force of evil, is the main cause of the suffering. The main theme for "Hedda Gabler" can be described as a conflict between society and the individual. She wants freedom, but she feels that she …

…up killing herself. Freedom is always something that you fighting for, or even dying for so others can have it. Camus and Ibsen did an excellent job expressing the themes throughout the story. By studying these themes foreshadowing throughout the story, we can discover that the authors placed these items purposely. The way they placed these hints, allows the reader to become suspicious, and then places contradicting clues shows off their truly unique writing style.