Hedda+Gabler

Hedda Gabler is the main character from Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler." Hedda is often refered to as the female hamlet, the most dramatic female in the theatre. If you have ever read the story "Hedda Gabler" you obviously know why. Hedda has just married Jurgen Tesman, a succesful aristocrat, who doesn't pay as much attention to Hedda as he should (In her opinion). News is recieved from Tesman's aunt that an old rival of his named Lovborg is back in town. He was an alcoholic and down on his luck, but now he has turned his life back around. Hedda clearly has a thing for him through out the novel. In the end however, Judge Brack brings news that Lovborg has died a terrible death. He tells Hedda he is extremely sorry, and he leaves her alone. Hedda is so distrought from everything that is happening to her that she can just not take it any longer. The story closes by her playing a short piece on the piano, and then shooting herself in the head.

**This a Hedda laying down on a couch, she looks upset and maybe even depressed.**

**This is Hedda holding the guns that she takes her life with in the end of the novel.**
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