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* InconsistentSpelling: In the original Norwegian, Tesman's first name is Jørgen, but English translations sometimes use this name and sometimes Anglicise it as George. Similarly, Ejlert Løvborg the original Norwegian may be Eilert Løvborg, Ejlert Lovborg, or Eilert Lovborg in English.



* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In the original Norwegian, Tesman's first name is Jørgen, but English translations sometimes use this name and sometimes Anglicise it as George. Similarly, Ejlert Løvborg the original Norwegian may be Eilert Løvborg, Ejlert Lovborg, or Eilert Lovborg in English.

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%%* GreyAndGreyMorality: And ''How.''
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%%* * GreyAndGreyMorality: And ''How.''
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'' The only people who are "white" are Thea (who still, mind you, left her husband which was a big no-no at the time) and Aunt Julle (a rather minor character anyway); the rest are various shades of grey.
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* RightInFrontOfMe: Mrs. Elvsted confesses to Hedda that the one thing standing between her and Mr. Løvborg's love is his affection for a woman who left him years ago. Unknown to Elvsted, the gun-toting red-head she describes is actually the red-headed gun-totter she's confessing to.
%%* TheRival: Løvborg and Tesman.

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* RightInFrontOfMe: Mrs. Elvsted confesses to Hedda that the one thing standing between her and Mr. Løvborg's love is his affection for a woman who left him years ago. Unknown to Elvsted, the gun-toting red-head woman she describes is actually the red-headed gun-totter she's confessing to.
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Hedda herself.
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TheRival: Løvborg and Tesman.



%%* StepfordSmiler: Hedda when she tries to play nice.

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%%* * StepfordSmiler: Hedda when she tries to play nice.



%%* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Hedda and Thea.

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%%* * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Hedda and Thea.



%%* TheUnfettered: What Hedda wanted to become.
%%* VillainousBSOD: Brack at the end, depending on how it's played. Some versions have his final line come across as unintentionally hilarious.

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%%* * TheUnfettered: What Hedda wanted to become.
%%* * VillainousBSOD: Brack at the end, depending on how it's played. Some versions have his final line come across as unintentionally hilarious.
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Hedda is not exactly redheaded


* HeroesWantRedheads: Løvborg had the hots for Hedda from early on.
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* DoggedNiceGuy: Tesman is probably the second-most sympathetic person in the play after Thea, yet he still can't catch a break.

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* DoggedNiceGuy: Tesman is probably the second-most sympathetic person in the play after Thea, yet he still can't catch a break.break. Though he's actually oblivious to just how much dogged he is.
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* DoggedNiceGuy: Tesman is probably the most sympathetic person in the play, yet he still can't catch a break.

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* DoggedNiceGuy: Tesman is probably the most second-most sympathetic person in the play, play after Thea, yet he still can't catch a break.



* FieryRedhead: Heavily implied with Hedda. In a throwaway line, it is stated that she is one.

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* FieryRedhead: Heavily implied with Hedda. In a throwaway line, it is stated that she is one.The singer Diana.
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* HufflepuffHouse: The two Tesman sisters Juliana and Rina. Rina is never on stage (at first because she is too ill, later because she has died), and Juliana/Julle is the only person in the play without the faintest idea of what´s going on.

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* HufflepuffHouse: The two Tesman sisters Juliana and Rina. Rina is never on stage (at first because she is too ill, later because she has died), and Juliana/Julle is the only person in the play without the faintest idea of what´s what's going on.
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* LeaveBehindAPistol: Hedda gives [[spoiler:Ejlert]] one of her father's pistols and instructs him to "make it beautiful".
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* AccidentalSuicide: [[spoiler:When Løvborg returns to the brothel to try and recover his manuscript, his gun accidentally goes off, striking him in the gut and killing him slowly.]]


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* BungledSuicide: Hedda wants to vicariously kill herself through [[spoiler:Løvborg]], so she gives him a gun and euphemistically tells him to make it quick and pretty. Unfortunately for him, [[AgonizingStomachWound it doesn't exactly go according to plan.]]

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