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New Criticism is described to focus on values on the individual’s work’s meaning. This approach which is a close analytic reading of the text, is the approach I will be using. I chose to analyze both stories Life of a sensuous women and Hedda Gabbler. I will apply these texts to compare/contrast in terms of character and how it affects the themes in the story. Character are one of the important factor in making a story, without character a story could not exist. In both stories, these characters have a major effect on the story. In Life of a Sensuous Woman, there is an aging woman who tells the story behind her life. She was a beautiful woman who love in lust and the quest for love. The aging woman was the mistress of a domain lord, a monk’s wife, a teacher of calligraphy and a street walker. During her life, she has an intense sexual desire which she …show more content…

For that reason, she will repent and confess her sins which to secure rebirth and to proclaim purity. Therefore, she is interpreted as the sensuous woman.
Then we have Hedda Gabler, a main character in Hedda Gabler. Hedda Gabbler is the daughter of a general who is married to George Tesman. She is an intelligent, beautiful, selfish, dishonest, and an unpredictable woman. Hedda Gabler grew up in an upper- middle class life but now she lives in a lower- middle class life, which she is not used to in life. This class difference between Hedda and George is a collision of expectations of them. Hedda is a person who only looks after herself and does not care about anybody but herself especially individual’s well- being, feelings, and state of mind. For instance, when it comes to her husband George Tesman, she is always scornful towards his values and affection. She also despises basically

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