Great Works of Literature II

Even though i haven’t finish reading the play, i thought the play was quite interesting and fun to read. I really like Ibsen as a playwright since i already read one of his other play A Doll’s House. Hedda Gabler is centered around this couple who just came back from a six months honeymoon and ready to settle down to their new house. Hedda Gabler, the heroine of the play is a rich beautiful woman who is married to George Tesman, a researcher whom is about to publish a book. Hedda is your typical female villain in a movie, she is spoiled, mean and very manipulative of people around her. She reminds me a lot of Angelina from Jersey Shore since they both don’t care about people that lives with them and has no respect for any them.  When i first started reading i really despise her especially when she was treating Aunt Juju like garbage even after she treated her so nicely and gave up her lifesaving just  to help buy the house that she lied about liking. George Tesman on the other hand is your lucky guy who married one of the most prized girl  in town and no one knows how he did it. He is trying to make Hedda as happy as she could so she wouldn’t leave him even though she is bored to death about him. I thought George is a lot like Candide or Jose from Jersey Shore, both are clueless and ended up with beautiful women (Not Jose).

At first, i thought the play resembles the movie “Mean Girl” but then i kept on thinking and compared it to Jersey Shore. Since some people in our class watches Jersey Shore, i thought i would be fun to give the casts of Jersey Shore each a character to play. Sorry for those who don’t watch so i wrote description for each character.

Hedda Gabler- A:Sammi/B:Angelina

A: Both are spoiled and never do anything in the house.

B: Angelina is mean and manipulative just like Hedda. Has no respect for other and other care about herself.

George Tesma- A:Ronnie/B:Jose

A: Ronnie would be a good fit because he is love interest of Sammi and has to deal with her all the time.

B: Jose also would be a good fit for being so clueless and getting  “played like a piano”

Eilert Loevborg- Mike “The Situation”

He’s Hedda’s first love in the play so i thought “The Situation” could play it since Sammi was with him during the first season.

Mrs. Elvsted- Jenny

She gets bullied by Hedda and had her hair pulled by her so i thought of the fight scene between Jenny and Sammi where Jenny got her hair pulled by Sammi.

Aunt Juju- Snooki

She cares about the couple but instead get treated horribly by Hedda. Very much like Snooki where she tried to help Sammi but instead she got blamed for trying to start drama.

Judge Black- Pauly

Nothing similar other than that They’re friends with Eliert/”The Situation”

Extra- Vinny

No character for Vinny other than the maid so better to have Vinny as an extra 🙂