Nora+vs.+Hedda

Two of Ibsen's most famous characters, [|Nora Helmer], and [|Hedda Gabler], have many similarities and differences between the two of them. Nora Helmer acts ver childish during act one, which Hedda would have never acted like. She lies to her husband when he asks her if she has been buying macaroons, so we know as the audience that she is capable of lying. Hedda is also capable of these things, so they are similar in that manner. In the second act, Nora begins to act very desperatly when she realizes that her secret of forging her fathers signature is now "out of the bag" so to speak. I believe that Hedda could have exibided these characteristics, because Hedda was just that type of person. In act three however, Nora makes the very cold hearted decision to just pack her bags and leave. She leaves her husband and her three children. I have two brothers, and I think if my mom just left the house would be a lot different. So for her to just leave like that is very strange. Hedda decides to write a completely different ending by killing herself. Hedda after hearing that her friend Lovborg is dead, could no longer bear being alive, therefore, she took her own life. As you can see, these characters both have a lot of similarities and differences to their personalities.
 * To the upper left, you see Hedda Gabler, wielding the gun that she takes her life with in the end of the story. In the upper right you see a photograph of Nora Helmer.**

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