I should really get some sleep! ANyway I've been look at the stage directions and it got me thinking. Not only does Hedda move around continuously(its like she has restless leg syndrome or something) but she also has a specific spot: The glass door. That woman loves her some glass door. I think that a motif is opposities or hidding one's true's feelings by placing one's self in an opposite posstion or diaplaying an opposite emotion. Like Hedda whenever she's lying is in front of the Glass door which would usually symbolize openness.Also not only the glass door but when ever she gets angry about something she laughs. It seems that in order to secure her image as a "lady" she acts opposite to how she feels? Message! Maybe Ibsen is commenting on the roles that women have to play in society??? Possibly.
Also I noticed that George says:"Can you Imagine!" while Hedda says"Ican Imagine?" even when they're not in the same conversation they use this identifying phrase. George asks a question because he is the unsure one and righteous Hedda simply states it. I thought it was like a functional opposite call & response. I think its kinda cute.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Motifs/ Theme Ideas
Posted by J'mag at 9:51 PM
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cute? hardly, i think she does it to mock george, i can see where you're going with that though. hedda is quite the complex woman.
i like the glass door idea...clever thinking....lol @ restless leg syndrome.....
Hey we all find different things cute.I think this ecretive mocking call and response is the only cutesy love that Hedda and George might have. Random but is it just be or is George extremely turned on when he learns that Hedda burned the manuscript. Creeper! I think that might be why he's with Hedda, because she's manipulative. Maybe that's the type of woman he's into.
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