Lovborg and Thea vs. Pepe and Bernarda’s daughters

I can see a comparison between the two. Both Pepe and Lovborg have power over the ladies, not so much directly, but they do. Their relationships with women, definitely display the correlation between two plays when it comes to gender roles. In both stories men have power, that is given to them automatically by society, they do not have to work and struggle for power. Women on the other hand, are struggling for power and control in both plays, when they are stuck in societal structures in which men rule over women.