Group 3: Hedda Gabler

One of the things I find very interesting about the text is the attention to detail that Henrik Ibsen puts into it.  One of the things that Henrik writes about is that Hedda is constantly playing with her pistols and I can relate somewhat to what she is doing.  In my opinion she is playing with the pistols out of boredom almost like ADHD. I do this constantly and I feel like I am always obsessively playing with things with my hands in order to keep myself entertained.  I think it tells a bit about what kind of person she is even from this little detail.  Another thing I can relate to is causing issues and then only apologizing to try to stop the situation from escalating.  In the text Hedda mistakingly makes fun of Aunt Julle’s hat which she thinks is the maids and apologizes immediately in order to make up for her accident.  I feel like Hedda has a hard time interacting with people in general throughout the play causing arguments and generally being somewhat rude to others.  Hedda overall seems like a very care free character who does not worry about much and enjoys just fiddling with her pistols no matter whats going on.  I can really relate to her because I mostly enjoy just doing activities by myself like working out or playing video games.  I feel like for me its hard to relate the overall text to myself but the character Hedda seems like she has a very similar personality to my own through these few details specified by Henrik.