Focused on character rather than plot, on contemporary people and society, and plumbing psychological depths in a realistic style, Ibsen challenged cotemporary audiences accustomed to lighter entertainment and the “well-made play.” Discuss

Focused on character rather than plot, on contemporary people and society, and plumbing psychological depths in a realistic style, Ibsen challenged cotemporary audiences accustomed to lighter entertainment and the “well-made play.” Which is not to say that Hedda Gabler does not have a reasonable complexity of plot, many events transpire here, including three deaths, albeit all of them offstage.