Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Act 4 Hedda Gabler

Death dominates this act, from the beginning to the end. Death is suggested visually in the beginning with the dark living room, and Hedda's black dress. Hedda alone faces a life without a future which basically means no one depends upon Hedda at this point. On the other hand, she is unwillingly captivated by the witty Brack. With being deprived of freedom, Hedda is force to face “boring herself to death” or committing a so called heroic suicide.

1 comment:

nehemiah09 said...

i can see Hedda committing suicide as a means to escape her boredom, but i do not think that Hedda's suicide is one in which can be considered heroic. In fact, everyone was probably more satisfied with the death of Hedda as opposed to her living.