Evanthia Peikidou- Hedda Gabler

  Watching the film version of Hedda Gabler, the characters were as I imagined them to be. From the opening scene, I could immediately notice how unhappy Hedda was. The moment she is going to enter the room and sees Miss Tessman, she is making a turn to leave but didn’t make it because they saw her. That was the very first clue that I have that she is does not want to see either her husband or Miss Tessman. I think in the movie, Hedda’s personality is more obvious than in the text, because you can also watch her facial expressions, for example, the incident with Miss Tessman’s hat, you could tell that Hedda was joking rather than in the text where you learn it later. On the other hand, in the film, Miss Tessmant and George Tessman didn’t mention anything about Eilert Lovborg, whereas in the text, we have a small introduction about him. Another part that I think that is not as well introduced in the film as in the book is their economical situation. I think in the book they express more that they can’t afford all that rather  than in the film there is only a short talk about the house.