Friday, October 17, 2008

Appearance Vs. Reality (Hedda)

I think appearance vs. reality is the most interesting theme in this book. I mean really nothing is as it seems with this characters. For example Hedda always wants to appear in control, she wants to control the people around her, she wants to be able to do and get what she wants when she wants. She tries so hard to fight the idea of males in control. But she can't and that's when we see her FINALLY take control by ending her own life. She didn't know what else to do and since she didn't see any other way other and she couldn't bear look into change or the future for the answer she "quit" while she could. So while Hedda may seem to be a strong character she really is not, and in the end she may be considered the weakest character in the book, because everyone else has at least a little control. The whole time she works so hard to appear in control until reality catches up with her.

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