Thea

Thea is one of those characters who is someone you don't expect. Her appearance makes her seem fragile and insignificant. Someone who could easily be looked over. She has blonde hair, blue eyes. Who would expect that such a light feminine character to be defying the roles of women the way Thea is? She left her marriage, she has control of her life, and she may have even written the whole manuscript on her own, who really knows? But we know she has the control of her own life that Hedda is dying for. And she doesn't have to pretend to have it. She really does. Hedda acts like she ahs this control, and Thea doesn't but she has it. The theme of appearance vs. reality makes this book so much fun. It wouldn't be as fun if you could just look at a character and know what they were all about its more fun to make assumptions and then be wrong. It keeps you guessing about what will happen next.