Hedda Gabler Flashcards
ACTION AND TRAPPED IN MARRIAGE
ACTION
-trapped in marriage
-marries tesman because her time ran out
-uses this to manipulate
•”I could not bear the idea that anyone should throw you to shade”
- no power in face of groups unless you manipulate something hedda always fails to do
- only exist in relation to men
- seek to solve what to do now that trapped in marriage
•hedda does no conform
-believes she can dictate course no matter how much societal pressure
-foreshadow of how hedda is victim
Contrast of respect/reputation and courage?
Reputation:
-more important than life
-public scandal hangs
-how one must behave
Courage:
- characters restrained by Victoria values
-hedda rebels against these
-her death although is cowardly
- due to standards
•”people say such things but they don’t do them”
- regarding scandal, heddaa death is saying I do
-in some way is a rebellion although does not suffer consequences
-rather die than openly challenge social codes
•victim of own conventions
Roles reversal
GEORGE TESMAN: - oblivious - ineffective, bumbling and clueless scholar - strives for profession ship but will never achieve much like a woman during time HEDDA: - strong - capable of action of her own - fantasises male creative action - denies child bearing WHY: -enables audience to learn new view •framing -interpersonal relations -understand dynamic interactions of hedda life aka her struggles
Gun inheritance from general gabler significant a?
TITLE
-pre team an life
- the way hedda regards herself and the way others so
- rather be generals daughter than tesmans wife
-rejecting norms of society, does not want to join the family
DEATH THEME:
-gun metaphor for hedda
-writing desk for for creation but for destruction
-defining prop follows hedda through the course of the play
•reinforces what we know
quotes?
“How horribly I shall bore myself”
“People say such things but they don’t do them”
“Oh, now she’s playing with her pistols again”
“I could not bear the idea that anyone should throw you into shade”
