Hedda Gabler: Mr. Right and Mean Girl

Hedda Gabler Name Course Date Many readers believe that Hedda would have been happy if only she married Lovborg instead of Tesman. She responds to Brack’s suggestion of her love for Tesman, “Faugh–do not use that sickening word!” Do you feel the answer to Hedda's unhappiness is a marriage to the Right Man? Would Lovborg be the Right Man? Is there a Right Man for Hedda, or is the thought of Mr. Right conventional sentimentalizing? Who would even be asking the question about whether love and marriage would solve all the problems if our unhappy main character were male? What might Hedda want rather than a happy marriage to Mr. Right? Girls who are bullies and use "girl aggression" (nasty comments, trickery, deceit, excluding people from events, spreading rumors, stealing boyfriends,etc.)… These girls are often popular because everyone is either afraid of them or wants to be like them. They tend to have armies of followers ("friends"/wannabees) comprising their clique. However, few people like them for who they are. Is Hedda a mean girl? Is there anything sympathetic about her? How do you as an audience member feel about her? In Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, Hedda was in an unhappy relationship with George (Jшrgen) Tesman, mostly because she was unsatisfied with the role in the marriage and wanted more freedom. At the same time, she rejected Eilert Lшvborg, with whom she...