Hedda Gabler more important than the rational one. Ibsen was interested in the then-embryonic science of mental illness and had a poor understanding by present-day standards. His "Ghosts" is another example of this. Examples of the troubled 19th-century female might include oppressed, but "normal", wilful characters; women in abusive or loveless relationships; and those with some type of organic brain disease. Ibsen is content to leave such explanations unsettled. Bernard Paris interprets Gabler's actions as stemming from her "need for freedom [which is] as compensatory as her craving for power... her desire to shape a man's destiny." The play was performed in
Frank Gabler Frank Gabler Frank Harold Gabler (November 6, 1911 in East Highland, California – November 1, 1967 in Long Beach, California) was a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the New York Giants (1935–1937), Boston Bees (1937–1938) and Chicago White Sox (1938). He was nicknamed The Great Gabbo. Gabler made his major league debut on April 19, 1935 with the Giants. In his rookie season, he went 2–1 with a 5.70 ERA in 26 appearances (one start). The following season, Gabler went 9–8 with a 3.12 ERA in 43 games (14 starts) for the Giants. He began 1937 with