During the nineteenth century Henrik Ibsen, a realist playwright, director and poet, was known for his brilliant human observations through a specious perspective. “His work became extended metaphors” (J.L. Styan 1981, p. 26) where the goal was to trigger social change and raise awareness of problems happening in his society through realistic dramatization. Ibsen became the master of psychological characterization and carefully crafted descriptions of everyday life in realistic settings, as well as dialogues that truly captured the formulations of natural human language. It is understood that one of the reasons why Henrik Ibsen was successful in his time was the lack of brilliant and satisfying statements in his plays, where he often left out didactic solutions to the instrumental problems of his plays, demonstrating only the consequences, leaving the audience to their own thoughts and interpretations. Ibsen closely depicted human behaviors with honesty and keen observation that often developed disturbing and embarrassing questions from the audience. Personally I believe that Henrik Ibsen's triumph is due to his ability to be ahead of his time and his inclusion of symbolic elements in the drama. Through illustrating examples from Hedda Gabler and academic research, I will discuss how a detailed knowledge and understanding of Ibsen's original working conditions enrich my appreciation of the play. It is known that Hernik Ibsen was particularly creative with his staging. Always keeping the perceiver in mind by guiding him through character movement and language, "The greatest disadvantage of nineteenth-century realistic theater was that explanatory signs could not be hu...... middle of paper.... .. l presents and explains a world more realistically on stage, using the characters in his plays to manipulate feelings and thoughts with the audience, forcing them to reevaluate their common beliefs. Works Cited Gail Finney, Connell University Press (1991) , Critical Literacy – Women in Modern Drama: Frauds, Feminists, and the European TheatreJ. L. Styan, Cambridge University Press (1981) – Modern Drama in Theory and Practice: Volume 2, Symbolism, Surrealism, and the absurdFrederick J. Marker, CD Innes University of Toronto Press, (1998) - Literary Collections - Modernism in European Drama : Ibsen, Strindberg, Pirandello, Beckett Marshall, G (2006) Actresses On The Victorian Stage: Femenine Performance And The Galatea Myth / Gail Marshall, np: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2006.Henrik Ibsen, Dramatic Publishing Company, (1974) – Hedda Gabler