The Characters That We Involved in the Death of Hedda Gabler

How do each of the characters react to the others in the last act of the play. How does this contribute to Hedda’s last action?

Hedda’s last act in the play was her �beautifully done’ suicide. He suicide was caused by a variety of reasons, which shall be discussed in the following paragraphs. All the characters can be seen as directly contributing to Hedda’s suicide.

When one scrutinizes Brack in the last screen, the evidence reveals that he had a major role to play in the suicide. In the last act of the play, Brack blackmails Hedda by threatening to reveal the secret of he giving the gun to Lovborg, which led to his suicide. When Brack was revealing the news about Lovborg’s suicide, Hedda’s exclamations about intimate details about LÐ"¶vborg’s death made Brack suspicious of her involvement in his death. Together with her gun being found at the scene of the crime, made Brack sure that Hedda was involved in LÐ"¶vborg’s death. Brack’s suspicions of Hedda held true. We can also say that Brack was a direct factor of Hedda’s death. His blackmailing and his threats to reveal all the information that would lead to a large controversy (the very thing that Hedda is afraid of) leads to Hedda’s death. This factor proves that Brack could be involved in her death. We can further examine this when Hedda exclaims “No! That thought I cannot tolerate. Never”.

Tesman, being Hedda’s husband, found a new working partner in the last act. This might have angered considering that Tesman is Hedda’s husband and should not have left her to go to Thea which incidentally is Tesman’s old girlfriend. Hedda felt resented towards Tesman as he was a member of the bourgeoisie. Marrying Tesman meant becoming a member of the bourgeoisie and also becoming a Tesman and losing her maternal name which Hedda is totally against. Hedda is also astonished at the way Tesman openly invites Brack to accompany Hedda every evening while Tesman works with Thea at Aunt Julle’s (�Oh, I’m sure … and see you’). This makes Hedda feel vulnerable to Brack’s command and also it makes her feel lonely and left out. Furthermore Hedda may feel jealousy towards her nemesis Thea as she has gained control over her husband while she could never do so. Tesman’s oblivion towards all the other characters and also towards Hedda might

Thea, Hedda’s nemesis, is another major influence on Hedda’s suicide. Hedda’s feelings towards her go back a long way which do not help the current situation. Thea’s hair is Hedda’s primary concern. The quality of hair that Thea has is lacking in Hedda. We always see her stroking Thea’s hair as an object of envy and contempt. Hedda has always envied Thea for her hair or otherwise since she has qualities which are highly desirable by Thea. Hedda also desires Thea’s вЂ?child’ with LÐ"¶vborg as it is something that would like as she used to like LÐ"¶vborg in the past. Finally, the recreation of the вЂ?child’ with Tesman also becomes a point of jealousy with Hedda as it is the recreation of a вЂ?child’, which was destroyed by Hedda. Thea’s part in Hedda’s suicide is clear-cut. Hedda clearly was green-eyed of Thea and her achievements and control.

Aunt Julle was another factor of Hedda’s death Her constant pestering of Hedda’s pregnancy angers Hedda (�Ah, it’s a good thing you back at last’). It sows that Hedda cannot bear the company of Aunt Julle. She has always been on the edge with Aunt Julle