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Table of Contents | Printable Version QUESTIONS 1. Using the characters of Judge Brack and Aunt Julia as starting points, write an essay about the kind of society that emerges in Hedda Gabler. Thea Elvsted can do as much as Hedda and more. She can inspire, have power over someone, reform love act, show courage and all positively. She is a product of society and thus society may be credited with her as well as debited with Tesman and Brack. Discuss. 2. Argue whether you agree or disagree with the following description of Hedda Gabler. "Superficially gracious and pleasing... she is in reality wholly devoid of moral sense. She reveals herself, as the play proceeds, as without respect for age or grief, without natural instincts, without interest in life, untruthful, treacherous, implacable in revenge."Even though there is no character pitted against her as a counterpoise, there are several who highlight her inadequacies. Discuss.
such, there is less emphasis on the story and the play proceeds by episodic development. What are the main episodes and how do they advance the plot?Why is the title of the play Hedda Gabler rather than Hedda Tesman? 4. What symbolic value do Hedda's pistols have in the plot?How does the first act alert the rea der to the events that follow? Table of Contents | Printable Version | |
