When Eilert expresses his suicide thoughts Hedda gives Eilert one of her pistols (her pistols are her prized possessions) and tells him to do it "beautifully". Only a sick individual considers shooting one’s self a beautiful action. After Eilert leaves, Hedda takes his manuscript and burns it in the fireplace, while maniacally ranting: "Now I’m burning your child, Thea!" over and over. It is as if Hedda enjoys seeing others in pain, she twistedly gets satisfaction from killing Eilert’s and Thea’s child, the
When Eilert expresses his suicide thoughts Hedda gives Eilert one of her pistols (her pistols are her prized possessions) and tells him to do it "beautifully". Only a sick individual considers shooting one’s self a beautiful action. After Eilert leaves, Hedda takes his manuscript and burns it in the fireplace, while maniacally ranting: "Now I’m burning your child, Thea!" over and over. It is as if Hedda enjoys seeing others in pain, she twistedly gets satisfaction from killing Eilert’s and Thea’s child, the