That manuscript is burned by the title character because its brilliance threatens the social position of her husband, George Tesman.
One character in this play cruelly pretends to mistake her husband's aunt Julia for the maid, and becomes jealous when she realizes that her childhood friend Thea has fallen for the title character's exlover. A character in this play falls into despair when he loses the manuscript for his book, and compares it to losing his child. That manuscript is burned by the title character because its brilliance threatens the social position of her husband, George Tesman. The title character of this play gives Eilert Lovborg a pistol and convinces him to commit suicide, and also kills herself. For 10 points, name this play by Henrik Ibsen about a haughty and conniving general's daughter.
One character in this play cruelly pretends to mistake her husband's aunt Julia for the maid, and becomes jealous when she realizes that her childhood friend Thea has fallen for the title character's exlover.
Hedda Gabler