Trading Places...

As I reflected upon Hedda's and Tesman's relationship, I was reminded of Usher's song Trading Places. Throughout the play, Hedda tried to control their relationship. She wanted to trade places with Tesman and be the head of the household.
In the first verse, Usher sings the following:
Now we gonna do this thing a lil different tonight
U gonna come over and pick me up in your ride
U gon knock and then u gon wait
Ooo u gon take me on a date
U gon open my door and ima reach over and open yours
Gon pay for dinner take me to see a movie
The actions described in the verse would usually be carried out by the man in the relationship. However, in this instance, Usher is saying that the woman is going to open his door and pay for the meal.
The chorus of the song is sexual but compliments Ibsen's Hedda Gabler which also makes sexual references.
I'm always on the top tonight I'm on the bottom
Cuz we trading places
We know that despite Hedda's denial, she indeed is pregnant which means that she and Tesman had sex. I could image that even in the bedroom, Hedda attempted to have absolute power.
At the end of the song, Usher says,
"Now we gon do this thing a lil different tonight
Trading places
Stay tuned for part 2
You been me I been u
But we gon switch this thing back"
In the beginning of the play, a lot of people thought that Hedda was in control. However, by the end of the play we realized that because Tesman made the money, Hedda totally relied on him and was under his control. Tesman switches things back right when we begin to think that they had traded places.