'Hedda Gabler'- Brack

Question 1

Explanation of character

Answer 1

• well-respected, typical English gentleman

- discover that he is a manipulative blackmailer + uses this aspect of his character against Hedda’s

Question 2

Relevant context

Answer 2

• consider the late 19th century sexual mores where Hedda should not know anything of sex => audience of t’s time would be shocked

Question 3

Aims/preferred audience response

Answer 3

• lured into a false sense of kindness
• find flirtation with Hedda playful as opposed to overly suggestive
• begin to place an aspect of doubt
• more to Brack than what meets the eye

Question 4

Costume

Answer 4

• impeccably dressed
• “fashionable grey suit”
• top hat

Question 5

Moment 1

Answer 5

• first time we meet Brack on stage in Act One (pg 31)

- perfectly sincere whilst subtly hinting at the previous flirtatious relationship with Hedda

Question 6

Moment 2

Answer 6

• Start of Act Two, when Hedda has just played with her guns (pg 36)
• want audience to be slightly unsettled by the nature of character as i suggest an affair

Question 7

Moment 3

Answer 7

• find out that Eilert has dies and Brack knows Hedda gave him the gun (pg 93)
• have complete control over Hedda whilst simultaneously demonstrating that i am completely despicable character