Hedda Gabler: personer, tidslinje og steder

George and Hedda settle into their expensive home, where family visits reveal her distance from his relatives.

George’s aunt reveals that she pledges the aunts’ annuity as security for his furniture and carpets.

Hedda embarrasses George’s aunt by treating her new bonnet as a servant’s discarded possession.

Mrs. Elvsted confides that she leaves her husband for Lovborg, and Brack warns of competition for George’s appointment.

Hedda fires a pistol near Brack and describes her unhappy marriage as he proposes an intimate friendship.

George reports Aunt Rina’s worsening illness, and Hedda admits deliberately insulting Aunt Julia.

Lovborg arrives with a manuscript about the future and assures George that he does not seek the same appointment.

Hedda exposes Thea’s fears and provokes Lovborg into drinking before he leaves for Brack’s party with his manuscript.

At daybreak, Mrs. Elvsted waits anxiously for Lovborg while Hedda sends her to rest.

George returns with Lovborg’s lost manuscript, then leaves it with Hedda to visit his dying aunt.

Brack reports Lovborg’s brawl and arrest, then warns Hedda against admitting him into their circle.

Hedda conceals the manuscript, gives the despairing Lovborg a pistol, and burns the work he shares with Thea.

Miss Tesman reports Rina’s peaceful death and hopes to find another sick person to care for.

Hedda admits burning Lovborg’s manuscript and claims she acts for George’s sake, which he takes as proof of love.

Mrs. Elvsted produces surviving notes, and she and George begin organizing them to reconstruct Lovborg’s book.

Brack reveals that Lovborg dies with Hedda’s pistol and uses his knowledge to gain power over her; she shoots herself.