When I first saw that this assignment required comparing and contrasting a written text of “Hedda Gabler” to a film version, I was immediately intrigued. Many times throughout my life I have read some book where a film was created depicting it soon after, and my excitement for the film would ultimately end in disappointment after seeing the way the director decided to interpret the text. This was not the case however with the play of “Hedda Gabler”, and Alex Segal’s interpretation of Henrik Ibsen’s original text in his film. The most essential part of comparing the film and the text is to see how the major/dynamic characters are depicted in the text compared to the film. In this regard, there is consistency with the main characters from the play to the film. Hedda Gabler is a narcissist who clearly shows distaste for anyone she believes is not as good as her. The only difference is that in the film the audience is able to see her body language and facial expressions which adds even more to the thoughts we have of her while reading the text. It is clear that Ibsen and Segal both intended to make sure the audience knew of the type of person Hedda is. One subtle difference from the film may be Aunt Julie’s relationship with Hedda and George. It is clear that Aunt Julie and Hedda don’t have a good relationship in the text, but the point is drawn even clearer in the film where we see George begging Hedda to be kinder to his dear aunt. With George we see how close he and his Aunt Julie really are, their relationship is so genuine and sincere. Another key in the film is the diminishing role the minor characters were given. Maid Berte who we see in the text having a big role with George and Aunt Jules, is not given the same role in the film. Overall I was pleasantly surprised with how the film depicted the text through the first two acts of this play.