great works ii – 2850 jta 12:25-2:05: love letters from the world

Hedda Gabler is an amazing play, I really enjoyed reading it. For me, the character that stood out the most in this play was Hedda Tesman; she seemed to be very manipulative yet intelligent woman. Hedda had power over her significant other George, but this also extended to her ex Lövborg she used the love from her lovers in order to manipulate them and eventually get what she wanted. For instance she tells her ex Lövborg “I wonder if there really was. For me it was like we were two good comrades, two really good, faithful friends. (Smiling.) I remember you were particularly frank and open.” This quote illustrates the manipulation used by Hedda, when we says “I wonder if there really was” basically she’s telling Lövborg that while they were together there wasn’t any love or feelings from her part, this is something that no one would like to hear and especially when there’s true feelings involve. Her version of love would be more like wealth by association. The other part when she says “I remember you were particularly frank and open” at this point Hedda process to make fun of Lövborg for innocently opening up to her, he confessed her things that no one ever knew. She manipulated him or one might call it seduced him into getting him to open up to her, this situation would love most people in a weak spot since now all the cards are faced up, but interestingly enough she didn’t opened up to him while they were together which adds to the fact that she was a highly manipulative woman.