Hedda Blogs: 5

More thoughts about Brack. He seems to be the only character who is relatively unaffected by the events of the play. He just sort of dips into the lives of the other characters, causes a lot of trouble, and then leaves. The only remarkable thing is that his enjoyment of the drama he creates is cut short by Hedda's suicide. And he really only seems disappointed by that, and maybe a little exasperated that she ruined his fun.

Hedda blogs: 4

I wonder what Hedda's intentions actually were when she fired at the judge in the beginning of act two. She wasn't actually trying to kill him. When he is alarmed, she non-chalantly asks "Oh dear, I didn't hit you did I?" as if it would not have mattered very much if she had. It seems that she was just doing it out of boredom. Or perhaps, she was trying to make a demonstration of her power to the judge, to show him that she could not be manipulated. But she was, in the end, and the source of her power was turned on her.

Hedda Blogs: 3

The inner room. An interesting piece of symbolism. It seems that whenever a character has something they want to hide, they go into the inner room. A notable example is in the end when Tesman and Mrs. Elvsted are holed up inside, re-creating Lovborg's manuscript. The room seems to be a common symbol for all of the lies and deciet that the characters perform as individuals.

Hedda Blogs: 2

More on Brack. He seems to be pulling all the strings. Its possible that he arranged many of the events of the play. He seems to want to ruin everyone. But he doesn't seem to have a disctinct goal. He just wants to create drama, and then have fun participating in it. And he succeeds, for the most part. Perhaps thats why Ibsen gave him the title of 'judge'. In the end, all the power is his, and he holds the final say.

Hedda blogs: 1

I noticed how much this play deals with the past lives of the characters, and how they ultimately cannot bury them. Lovborg is a good example of this. He was on his way to fame, but seeing Hedda again brought back his old self, and it ruined him in the end. Hedda cannot escape her past either, which involves both Brack and Lovborg. The judge manages to manipulate the past and the present together to gain power over Hedda, which is her downfall. Maybe he planned the reunion of Lovborg and Hedda?