Ambiguity is used for the reader to draw his or her own conclusions, even if a meaning was meant to be implied by the author. In Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, for instance, readers are left with ambiguity after the conversation between Hedda and Judge Brack in their second confrontation with one another. The reader knows that there has to be something more between the two characters due to the vagueness and obscurity of their conversation. Inevitably, he or she assumes that their relationship must be deeper due to possible implications we might draw from the character’s discussion. Ambiguity allows for freedom of the mind and lets the imagination go where it pleases without limitations or
Ambiguity is used for the reader to draw his or her own conclusions, even if a meaning was meant to be implied by the author. In Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, for instance, readers are left with ambiguity after the conversation between Hedda and Judge Brack in their second confrontation with one another. The reader knows that there has to be something more between the two characters due to the vagueness and obscurity of their conversation. Inevitably, he or she assumes that their relationship must be deeper due to possible implications we might draw from the character’s discussion. Ambiguity allows for freedom of the mind and lets the imagination go where it pleases without limitations or