Long Live Hedda Gabler (R.I.P.)

Hedda Gabler is finally done with and I'm glad because it was boring to me. There were good parts in the play that interest me like when Hedda is encouraging Eilert to kill himself or when Hedda is playing with her pistols in front of Brack. The play just took too long to get to another interesting part in the play. There is too much explaining and unnecessary talking in the play. I liked The House of Bernarda Alba better because it seemed like it was always something going to happen. Hedda was a good play but its not my type of play. Hopefully Lysistrata is better.

Jugde Brack ?

Judge Brack's purpose in this play is somewhat pointless to me. Brack is a judge of realatively inferior ranking. He is both friends with Hedda and Tesman but gets a little more closer than friends with Hedda. Brack is one of Hedda's best friends, but she seems to reject the extent to which he tries to control her. Brack does help Tesman get information about alterations in the possibility of his professorship. Overall Brack seems to enjoy intefering in other people's affairs and he is very distrustful.

Hedda Vs. Bernarda !!! (Round1...Fight!)

Hedda and Bernarda are the two main characters in their play and they are the most dominate characters in their play. They both have a lot of control, power, and are very manipulative women. Bernarda controls everyone in her household and starts losing some control and than gains it back after Adela kills herself. Adela ends up killing herself because of Bernarda's strict household and to get away from her disappointing life. Hedda is in control when she encourages Eilert to kill himself to die a beautiful death. Bernarda would probably have more control or power than Hedda. We soon find out that Hedda doesn't have as much control as she thought when she kills herself to get away from her disappointing life and demonstrate what a beautiful death is. Who do you think has more control or power....Hedda or Bernarda?

Hedda's Got A Baby (Is she pregnant?)

I don't know for sure if Hedda is pregnant but Ibsen hints at it multiple times in the play but Hedda's pregnancy could just be a symbolic meaning rather than actual pregnancy. In the first act Tesman makes a reference to the fact that Hedda has been gaining weight which indicates she is pregnant. I think Hedda's refusal to admit that she has begun to gain weight hints at her problematic relationship with being pregnant and also with Tesman, the assumed father of the child. Tesman remains unaware of the pregnancy, another indication that their relationship suffers from a lack of openness and awareness. For the symbolic meaning of this is Hedda's way of being trapped in being a woman instead of the masculine role she always takes on.

Hedda's Packin Heat (Significance of pistols?)

The significance of Hedda's pistols is the power and control she gets from them. When she offers Eilert her father's pistol to kill himself shows that Hedda has the manipulative power to influence decisions of others. The pistols could also be a way of relieving Hedda's stress because at the end of act 1 she starts shooting her pistols out of boredom. The pistols could be showing how insane Hedda is because no one regularly goes off and play with pistols for fun. Hedda is playing with her pistols in front of Brack which is dangerous and pretends to fire at him. I think Hedda's pistols have multiple significances to them.

George Tesman's "Imagine That....Uh?

George says "just imagine" or "imagine that" and "uh" numerous times throughout the play. I believe George constantly says "just imagine" and "uh" because it shows that he is thinking and wondering of the possibilities that can occur. This shows that George is always in a dream state or dreaming of what he wants instead of going out and getting it. It seems like George doesn't want to face his reality and lives his life in his studies and research instead of reality. Just imagine if George could stop imagining and get into reality...uh?

(Act IV) Hedda's suicide... Why?

There is three main reasons in the play why I think Hedda kills herself. Hedda first rejects George's joy over the fact that she burned the manuscripts and George figures Hedda must love him because she burned the manuscipts. The second reason is Hedda learns the ugliness of Eilert's death when she wanted him to die beautifully. The last reason I think Hedda commits suicide is because the belief that there is no escaping from a disappointing life.

(Act III) Eilert's suicide... Hedda's fault?

I believe that it was both Hedda's and Eilert's fault for his death. Eilert wanted to die he didn't have to go through with it, he was in a state of depression. Its Hedda' s fault mainly because she seeks comfort to Eilert in understanding his desire to kill himself. Hedda does not even seek to prevent his death by returning the manuscript, instead she burns it. Her willingness to give Eilert one of her father's pistols shows that she takes Eilert seriously and sees him more as an object than a person. Hedda wants Eilert to die beautifully.

(Act II) Hedda & Brack's relationship

A lot of the act 2 has to do with Hedda's relationship with Brack. I think Hedda's high level of comfort with Brack shows from willingness to talk or complain about her marraige to him. It seems to me that everytime Hedda is talking to Tesman or Mrs.Elvsted alone she seems to be manipulating them. When speaking to Brack she seem to be truly revealing her grievances. Although their relationship doesn't seem sexual it does seem to me that Hedda and Brack are flirting with each other.

(Act I) Hedda's treatment of others

I found that when Hedda first enters the scene she begins treating everyone as if they are lower than her. Hedda immediately complains that Berta has oppened a window when she comes downstairs and starts treating Aunt Juliana bad. Tesman tries to tell Hedda to be nicer to Aunt Juliana, I think this shows that he recognizes Hedda's rudeness, but refuses to acknowledge that Hedda is spoiled and treats him just as bad as Berta and Aunt Juliana.