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
Wally Gabler season as a backup to Dick Vidmer. Gabler got his first start in the fifth game of the season against Purdue. Gabler completed 9 of 28 passes in the game for 137 yards, including a touchdown pass to Jack Clancy. Gabler also started Michigan's remaining five games against Minnesota (13 of 23 for 124 yards), Wisconsin (5 of 12 for 121 yards), Illinois (7 of 12 for 124 yards), Northwestern (10 of 20 for 116 yards) and Ohio State (4 of 11 for 56 yards). Over the course of the 1965 season, Gabler completed 58 of 126 passes for 825