thea has an ability to control her own life as well as lovborg's and hedda is jealous of that. Hedda neither has control over her own life nor over george's life, which is what she desires very much. Hedda tries to influence George but he is mainly clueless and naive when she uses reverse psychology and her passive-aggressive statements. For example, when she tries to make george feel guilty/buy things for her at the end of act one, she makes statements that, to the oblivious listener, make her seem as if she is satisfied with the fact that she can't have what she wants. george truly believes that hedda is alright with the fact that he can't provide her the nice things she wants.
On the other hand, thea seems to have complete control over lovborg and his manuscript. she inspired him and, in my opinion, wrote the script for him. This is the type of underhanded control that hedda wants, strives towards, but fails to achieve. she solves this problem by killing herself. good job, hedda >_>
On the other hand, thea seems to have complete control over lovborg and his manuscript. she inspired him and, in my opinion, wrote the script for him. This is the type of underhanded control that hedda wants, strives towards, but fails to achieve. she solves this problem by killing herself. good job, hedda >_>
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LOL i feel a little bad for Hedda killing herself in the end though...but i agree with you-thea has great control over Eilert Lovborg with things such as the manuscript, and I'm almost sure Hedda realizes this...she yearns for that control, but doesn't have it-part of me feels bad for Hedda cuz is it her fault the way she was raised??? She wants control because of the control over her as a child...is it really her fault?
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