Medea vs. Hedda Gabbler Medea and Hedda Gabbler are two different plays, yet both have very similar motives in the end. Both women seek to control the destiny of the men in their lives. The reasons are not by the decision of either women, but by the hands of Fate, something out of their control. Both women are respectively different, with different degrees of action and success. Two women needing to control destiny bring two very different motives together. Medea and Hedda have two very different reasons for desiring control over the destiny of their men’s lives. Medea’s desire for contro