Hedda generic conventions

Question 1

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How staging is used to portray the struggle for autonomy in Victorian society

Question 1

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How props are employed to portray hedda’s rejection of societal expectations

Question 2

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How dramatic irony is employed to portray Hedda’s manipulativeness

Question 3

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“[with cold eyes] my pistols” -diction
“It is a sort of child murder” -emotional language
[piano has been removed] - symbolism

Question 4

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“the manuscript is in your possession?”
“I have burnt it, every line of it” - emotional language
“she has left her old bonnet” -diction

Question 5

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“leading to a smaller room in the same style” - symbolism and analogy
“[Walks about the room, raises her arms and clenches her fists as though in a frenzy]” - body language and juxtaposition