Hedda Gabler Courage Quotes Page 1
Citations follow this format: (Act.Line). Every time a character talks counts as one line, even if what they say turns into a long monologue. We used Edmund Gosse and William Archer's translation.
| Quote #1 MRS. ELVSTED |
This may be the one representation of true courage we actually see in Hedda Gabler.
| Quote #2 HEDDA |
It’s odd that, throughout the play, Hedda makes statements like this one. She thinks she is a coward; she thinks she has no power over anyone; she thinks she is poor. These thoughts seem to run contrary to her external image.
| Quote #3 HEDDA |
This is a bit open to interpretation, but it seems as though Hedda is referring to the additional cowardice of breaking up with Eilert in the first place. She didn’t have the guts – as Mrs. Elvsted seems to have had– to trash her reputation.
