Hedda  is a character who seems to be very self centered and manipulative. She has had a different effect on each character and it all seems negatively influenced. It doesn’t seem as though she is genuine about her husband George Tessman and she has no respect for his aunt. For instance in act 1 (page 788) she states ” that maid won’t last she her old hat laying on the chair” , given she didn’t know that it was Miss Tessman’s hat she was very tactless for the statement. In this scene it felt as though she considered herself above George and Miss Tessman, George seemed to have continually remind her that she was part of the family now but she didn’t seem to care.

Another scene that shows her character would be the scene with Ms. Elvsted, before Mrs. Elvsted came to the house Hedda had an attitude because she sent flowers and was George’s ex which you would find understandable for any wife to feel. After Mrs. Elvsted tells her troubles, Hedda fakes concern to get information from her. She coaxes Mrs. Elster saying they were good friends in school even though she actually used to attack her and she didn’t even know here correct name. On page 795 during her sit down with Thea (Mrs. Elvsted) she starts to dig into the relationship between Thea and Eilert which I find interesting because she shows a lot of concern about him and I’m unsure whether its good or bad.

Hedda seems like the antagonist of the play it because she seems like she keeps everyone walking on pins and needles. She is hard to please and someone that makes it hard for you to want to please them. Its an interesting play so far I can’t wait to see how it turns out in act 3 and 4.