Sunday, October 26, 2008

Post #2

So after I finished reading the whole book, I started wondering if George Tesman was really an all round oblivious guy, or if he actually started to figure things out at the end. I mean, was he genuinely interested in JUST working on the manuscript with Thea or did he have other things in mind when he suggested she stay with his Aunt Julie? And it certainly seemed like he was happy that Hedda burned Lovborg's manuscript, even though he pretended to be shocked and upset. He seemed to actually be happy that his rival's amazing book would no longer be published and outshine his upcoming book. Therefore, I think by the end Tesman was starting to act as sneaky as Hedda or Brack.

1 comment:

J. Braga said...

I do not think George Tesman was just interested in working on the manuscript. I think George was more shocked about finding out that Hedda burned Løvborg's manuscript. Yet, in the end he was in a way happy she did so. George did look at this incident as an opportunity to be better than his rival. This did slightly change my opinion about George, as he did not seem to be so innocent and calm after all.