1. Hedda Gaber Symbolism
... room signifies her need to retreat from the bourgeois environment and represents Hedda's alienation from the society she is trapped in. Through the symbolism of the piano the notion of Hedda's entrapment and displacement within her bourgeois existence is further developed. "I"m just looking at my old piano. It doesn't go very well with all these other things." (Act I, p277) The ... a jealous attempt to break the bond between Thea and Lovborg and to gain control over Lovborg. This polarized representation is enhanced by the symbolic use of hair, which is closely linked in the drama to t...
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