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Brack: “...We men, alas, don’t always stick to our principles as firmly as we should.”
Tesman: “I - I’m a married man! it was on the strength of this that Hedda and I got married” |
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| Marriage and Relationships |
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“ I’m sure you didnt waste a single moment of your honeymoon, george dear.”
Hedda: “Having to spend every minute of one’s life with - with the same person.” |
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| Social class/Reputation and Wealth |
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“Oh, it’s destroying me, all this -- it’s destroying me!... Oh, it’s all so - absurd - George”
H:“ You’re a dangerous man, aren’t you? When you really want something”.
B: “You think so?”
H: “Yes, I’m beginning to think so. I’m deeply thankful you haven’t any kind of hold over me”. |
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| MADNESS and MANIPULATION/TRUTH and LIES |
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“(represses an almost imperceptible smile) I did it for your sake, George.”
“look at that! she left her old hat lying on the chair.” |
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| DREAMS and DESIRES/FATE and DESTINY |
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Hedda (takes a step towards him): “Eilert Loveborg, listen to me. Do it - beautifully!”
Hedda (looks at him with an expression of repulsion) “That, too! Oh, why does everything I touch become mean and ludicrous? It’s like a curse!” |
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| FEMALE SEXUALITY and EXPECTATIONS OF WOMEN |
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“Hedda:(throws one of the pages into the stove and whispers to herself) I’m burning your child, Thea! You with your beautiful, wavy hair!...”
“Oh, yes. Judge Brack kindly saw me home.” |
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