The Most Important Motifs of All

The curtains and glass door. Hedda's obsessed with these things. At the beginning of every act, Hedda is seen looking out that glass door, and towards the end of the play plays with the drapery often. I think she looks out the door in a similar way that the sisters in the "House of Bernarda Alba" did, hoping to be free, and fantasizing about life outside of the house. I noticed that Hedda never goes outside during the play, she's always plotting from within her home. I think she likes pulling back the curtains because its something she has control over, hiow much light can enter a room, thats all she has to control. Eventually she'll pull the curtains on her life, committing suicide, shortly after the play comes to a close, pulling its own curtains.