Power and Pistols

I found it really interesting in the way that Ibsen used the motif of Pistols to represent power and specifically a man's power. I think he took a really femenist approach on this one because of the way Hedda continually obsesses over pistols and her lack of power and control over her life. It took me a while to connect the motif to the subject of a male's power but after thinking about it, it really makes sense that Ibsen used the object of a pistol - its powerful, and in that time wasnt really seen in the hands of a woman. As a parallel to that, in that time a woman wasnt seen holding very much power either.