Assignment task: Please answer three of the seven questions below regarding the play Hedda Gabler.
Questions:
Q1. Choose one of the characters from the play. What do you think motivates this character's behavior?
Q2. Rank the characters from one to ten, with ten being the character who you like the most, and one being the least likeable. Why did you rank them the way you did?
Q3. Who do you think is most responsible for Hedda's suicide at the end of the play? Why?
Q4. Do you think Hedda's suicide is an act of revenge, cowardice or escape? Why?
Q5. Do you think women like Hedda still exist? Why or Why not?
Q6. If you were the costume designer for a production of Hedda Gabler, how would you dress each character to suggest their personality and their relationship with other characters?
Q7. If you were to set this play in a different time period (as has been done often) what time period would you choose? Why?