Miss Juliana Tesman!

When reading the beginning of Act One I found Miss Juliana Tesman to be a very interesting and important character in the play thus far. Miss Tesman is characterized as having a “kind and good natured look” (22) in the opening scene. I think these characteristics of Aunt Julie are evident within the first act. I found it interesting that Aunt Julie wants to please her nephew, George Tesman, and she feels the need to satisfy Hedda for George’s happiness. For instance, Aunt Julie suggests, “I bought that for Hedda’s sake” (224). Aunt Julie is referring to the hat she felt the need to buy in order to please Hedda so Hedda would not be ashamed of her. Aunt Julie is very important in George’s life as she had to act as both a mother and father to him. She even took out a mortgage on her and Aunt Rina’s pension o help George out. The relationship between the two seems to be very strong and George will always keep a place in his heart for his Aunt Julie. Aunt Julie feels the same way about George as she states, "I won’t let a day go by without looking in on the two of you” (231). Aunt Julie is ultimately a kind and caring person.