'Hedda Gabler'- Loevborg Flashcards
1
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Explanation of character
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- George’s academic rival
- prone to alcoholism, brawling and womanising
- he is a broken genius
2
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Relevant context
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- wishes to be accepted back into society- not as easy for woman as they did not have access to respectable things such as academics
- Loevborg and Thea reject the normal limitations imposed by a bourgeois society an have established a relationship based on non-martial companionship
3
Q
Aims/ preferred audience response
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- initially came across as formal and reserved but also displaying an aspect of confidence which could be perceived as being arrogant
- final scene with Hedda: weak and he succumbs to Hedda’s manipulative character
4
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Costume
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- “hair and beard are dark brown”
- “he has some red blotches on his cheeks” - from drinking?
- “dressed fashionably in a fairly new suit”- trying to change himself
- “top hat and overcoat”
5
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Moment 1
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- first time Loevborg enters
- constantly on edge and hides through his ‘arrogance’
- comment on relationship with Hedda
6
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Moment 2
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- when Hedda gives him the gun to kill himself
- reveals his true weak, insecure and broken character
