In the second act, Hedda's lust for power is shown, but a more personal Machiavellian power. Hebba is amused by the guns her father gave her; which give him the power to destroy people's lives. When you point a gun at a person, you control their life. This is exactly Hedda's goal in act two between Brack and Hedda's desires are to feel like she has complete control over someone or something. Judge Brack represents the upper class, an example of how the most powerful are corrupted. Midway through the second act, Hedda is described as "dressed to receive visitors" while brandishing her revolver. When Hedda fires a shot in the presence of the judge, it demonstrates Hedda's uncontrollable personality. It is not surprising that this gun is the very tool with which Hedda commits suicide and that she gives the other to Lovborg in order to realize her romantic ideal of the perfect husband. With the gun, not only shows Hedda's independence displayed, but proves Hedda's potential masculinity and proof of a woman who will not live under her stereotypical helpless role in the Victorian era. We see from his first appearance in the play how the judge ups the ante for George Tesman, telling him that Lovborg is aiming for his position. We suspect that Judge Brack made up this whole story in an attempt to make his wife his mistress and also take control of the Tesman household because of his love for Hedda. Hedda attempts to gain some power over Judge Brack by flirting with him, while Brack slowly brings Hedda under his control. Irony occurs when the audience knows something that the character(s) do not. The irony underlines the inconsistency between appearances and reality - who entrusts...... middle of paper...... his pistols. The judge suggests that this will come to where you will have to go to court. Hedda says, “I would rather die,” to which Brack responds, “People say such things. But don't do them. » This quote revolves around a major theme in the story which deals with social boundaries. In the real world, people are very concerned about acting normal, keeping up appearances, and playing their part in life. Hedda shoots herself in the head, doing what people absolutely did not do in the Victorian era, Hedda frees herself from the social mandates that govern her daily action. Brack never sleeps with the woman he lusts after and overall, Hedda wins the battle for the position of power by having the last word by proving that people will absolutely do such things, freeing themselves from the values ​​of l Victorian era and retaining its aesthetic. ideal, when she commits suicide.