Overall Opinion

Overall, Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler was a very interesting play. I think it was better than Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba, but I do not know why. At the beginning the play seemed to be very slow moving and did not hold my interest right away, but in the end the play was pretty okay. As I got farther into the book and learned more about the characters the book became more interesting. My favorite character was Aunt Julie because to me she seemed to be the sanest character and she has the same name as me…j/k…but Aunt Julie’s character was kind, soft, and caring.…but, my least favorite character was of course.. …Hedda Gabler. Her character was just so manipulating and after a while she just became so predictable and annoying. Though the beginning was slow moving and uninteresting at first, I still liked it better than the ending…I did not like how within the last act three characters died. The ending is not how I imaged it ending although I can not think of an alternative. In the end I thoroughly enjoyed the play and I do recommend it.