Hedda Gabler Lesson Plan

How does Hedda react to Tesman and Aunt Juliana? Does she seem to enjoy their company?

In the second part of Act I, we see Hedda, still not quite at home in her new surroundings, try to interact with Tesman and his aunt. The results are not so nice. Hedda behaves pettily towards Juliana and reacts with studied indifference to the gifts Juliana brings for Tesman. Furthermore, she angrily rebukes Tesman for insinuating that she’s "filled out" since departing for her honeymoon, thereby indicating that she is not at all receptive to his fantasies of a domestic or maternal existence in their new home.

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