Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler is certainly an interesting story to say the least. One might say that it is quite an easy read, since there is always something happening. It can also be said that the story is full of drama. There is also some suspense involved. Some of the characters are somewhat mysterious and it is not until the story is over that they are better understood.
The one character that surely catches the reader's attention from the beginning to the end would have to be none other than Hedda. She is a quite complex character and is definitely a "handful" one might say. Hedda is a beautiful charming girl in the story and might look innocent, but this girl is not innocent. She knows what she wants and she finds a way to get it. One might say that Hedda is addicted to power. She loves having power over others, such as here husband, George Tesman. A couple lines in the story that stand out, come during a conversation between Judge Brack and Hedda. Judge Brack says, "For one thing you've got the home you always wanted." and Hedda replies, "You really believe that story." (Ibsen 1486). It would be easy to say after hearing this that Hedda is quite a sneaky person. She clearly did not have the home that she had always wanted. She had talked her poor husband into buying it though, so now they shared it together. When Judge Brack asked, "And you didn't really care in the least about the house?" Hedda replied to Brack, "God knows I didn't." She had only brought up the house in conversation so they would have something to talk about. One might say Hedda has a lot of nerve and is a bit too cocky conducting herself as she does. Hedda also gets bored very easily which makes one wonder how loyal she is too her husband. It seems as though the poor guy does not have a chance. This might lead one to feel bad for Tesman, since he seems to be such a good guy and his wife, well just seems to manipulate him to get what she wants.