The pistols what a great motif! I thought form the beginning that the pistols were a great way to show power. I mean, if someone to pull a pistol on me, they would have pretty much power over me! and what the mess! whats the deal with Hedda giving her power to Barack! ok that was a awful part! That is such a bad part! why would she do that all a sudden! NO, she shouldn't' t have, it just doesn't make sense.

The end to me,and how Lovborg dies or how he is going to was a bit confusing and odd!
Some lady shot him, Ibsen really didn't explain that, or maybe I missed it. And why was judge making some story up, or rather stretching the truth about how Lovborg came about shot. Maybe if somebody made a Hedda Gabler movie, then I could watch it and it would make sense.

Why does Hedda kill herself, well in thinking about this I don;t think (if I were to lay medical professional) it could be narrowed down to 1 or 2 reasons. I think that from the beginning she not only trapped herself, but didn't want to help herself in her problems. Her suicide wasn't really a great shock to me.

In response to my last post, I believe that Hedda and Mrs. Elvsted can both represent the past and future of women characters. The both seem to process stereotypical women character features, physically weak, emotional, but they are also shown with masculine traits- (name) physically strong.

I really liked our discussion, a while ago in class, where we talked about the characters Hedda and Mrs. Elvsted. It was a pretty interesting where we discussed the 2 characters in terms of if they were the future image of women or the past.

The use of Chiarusco is really used in Hedda Gabler. It is seen epically through the curtains. The Curtains seem to always be either pulled back, or closed. I wonder if the use is suppose to show something or just part of the plays instruction to build the set.

Judge

Judge Barack strikes me as a odd character. He seems to hang around the Gabler residents alot.
He to me is also really a different thinker for this time frame, as he doesn't ant to marry but wants a close circle of friends. His sexual discussions with Hedda were not really what I think of when I think 19th century.

George Tessman (character)

George is a rather strange character. I imagine him as kind of a awkward person. His boy like look and his interest in odd things stood out to me. Particularly the scene in which he receives his slippers from his aunt was strange. He seems to hold such enthusiasm, while his wife dismisses him.