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
Gabe Gabler season, Gabler was selected in the minor league draft by the Milwaukee Braves. He played 21 games for the Milwaukee Class AA minor league affiliate in 1956. In May of that season, he was purchased by the Chicago Cubs organization. Within a few weeks, he went to the Pittsburgh Pirates and back to the Cubs. Gabler's only MLB appearances came in 1958, when he played three games for the Cubs. He returned to the minor leagues, where he made his last appearance in 1961. Gabler died in St. Louis in 2014. Gabe Gabler William Louis "Gabe" Gabler (August 4, 1930