"Look, Thea. I'm burning your baby, Thea. Little Curly hair!
The baby. Burning the baby." (D.C p.88)
I struggled to fully understand why she urged Lovborg to kill himself, but in this context I can only speculate that it was to further consolidate the end of the relationship between Miss Elvsted and Lovborg, of which she was so envious.
By the end of the play, Hedda has relinquished all of her power. Lovborg's death backfired and Hedda ended up losing the dominance over Jorgen, as he and Mrs Elvsted devote their live
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