The Dutchess and Hedda Gabler

I know Claire has already posted about this but I wanted to as well... When Claire and I went to see The Dutchess there were sooo many similarities we saw to the play and this movie. For one, the theme or subject of the opression of women and lack of power in women compared to men correlated. Hedda and The Dutchess where quite similar in that they both were wealthy, and married to men with high social status and power though they both had no control over their own lives. If Hedda Gabler and this movie are quite accurate with what life was really like during these time periods, it seems like one could infer that the role of men, women, and power hadn't changed much for hundreds of years... Just something to ponder.