Hedda Gabler part 2

Why do you think Hedda kills herself?  What evidence can you find in the text to support your response?

Hedda Gabler has shown to be a manipulative person since the beginning of the play. From the way she lied about Miss Tessman’s hat just to rouse her up or convince Lovborg to go ahead and drink fully knowing he is a recovering alcoholic. I think this trait stems from a strict upbringing since she’s probably been repressed both because she’s a woman and raised by a militant father. She longs to set herself free to do what she wants and be the puppet master instead of being the puppet. We start to see a break in her character in Act 3 when Lovborg confronts Mrs. Elvsted and Hedda about destroying his life’s work. Hedda is seen in the text physically holding back her grin and smiles. Up until this point Mrs. Elvested has been the anchor in Lovborg’s life since he rehabilitated and Hedda hates not having control of everyone she knows. So when Mrs. Elvested and Lovborg’s relationship gets stirred up and starts to go south, Hedda is proud of herself for causing this. She so wants to be the puppet master but when Judge Brack gets a hold of her Achilles ankle, she kills herself. We can see this when Hedda tells Judge Brack “The on cock of the walk” and Judge Brack agrees with her meaning that he also wants to be puppet master. He wants Hedda to do whatever he wants and when he finally has that power over Hedda, she can’t stand it. Her whole upbringing has already been repressive, so she so wants to live freely and act to her accordance. And when that is taken away from her, she might as well not live anymore.