Please Don't Shoot

Guns are used as a form of intimidation. Hedda Gabler owned pistols and she was not afraid to use them. In Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, she only pointed her guns at the men in her life. During a time when women were usually powerless, Hedda found a resource that she used to gain control over the men in her life. Tesman and Judge Brack were scared and at the mercy of her finger when she held that pistol. However, Hedda ignorantly turns over her power. Judge Brack smoothly takes the gun from her hands, representing Hedda turning over her power which becomes evident at the end of the play. The deep desire to control someone else's life caused Hedda to lose hers. When Hedda gave her pistol to Lovborg she lost her power. Actually, Hedda was unfit to possess the type of power she had when she held those pistols. It was her own pistol that was used to take her life. Hedda became the victim of her own inabilities to responsibly use her power. I could imagine everyone yelling, Hedda please don't shoot..!