Act One: 26 pages of fluffy description and dramatic foreshadowing. by the end of the first act of hedda gabler, i was already bored. The act starts out with a promising opening; a beautifully detailed description of an elegant drawing room. I could feel the sunshine warm my feet. And I could imagine Aunt Julie giving me a hug and a cookie (yay cookies!). Then enters Hedda. First impressions are everything and Hedda gave me the impression of a stuck-up sub-human that has no soul. nothing important happened in this act, though. other thann the comically rude scene with aunt julie's hat. There were some brief references to other characters that might later affect the plot. There's just too much talking and not enough action.
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Yeah, I agree that Act I wasn't very direct or interesting because everything that was happening was really subtle or just a lot of foreshadowing. No one was actually coming out and saying what they felt, instead there were just a bunch of sly, backhanded compliments (nice hat...haha). Hehe, nice desription of Aunt Julie- she really was the stereotypical "mother" figure of the time- making her kind of one-dimensional.
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