Scene Descriptions

The scene descriptions played a really strong part in the play especially in Act 4. It just sets up a very dark, hectic, sad and worried mood. With Hedda running around the house, the death of Miss. Tesman's sister, Berta crying, and refrences to the color black and dark imagery. Ibsen really set this one up well for the end of the Act when Hedda kills herself. He seemed to be foreshadowing what was going to happen at the end in this and used the setting to really strengthen and enhance the action at the end of the play.