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I mmediately readers learn a little about Hedda… she is discourteous, allowing Tesman’s aunt, who is sixty-five years of age and the woman who raised her husband to find her way home from the pier because she was more concerned about her luggage, “We felt so bad that we couldn’t take you in the, carriage-but you saw many trunks and boxes Hedda had to bring.” Miss Tesman perceives Hedda as shallow and vain individual. She purchases an elegant hat so that Hedda won’t be embarrassed when she walks in public with her.   – “Yes, so Hedda won’t feel ashamed of me if we go out for a walk together” (784).   Hedda will have things her way with no regard for anyone or anything else. She had to have a long expensive trip that her husband could not afford, a house of a certain standard that he could not afford either. George appears to be weak-minded man when it comes to Hedda. He knows he is over his head in trying to provide the lifestyle Hedda demands and is accustomed to. Not to ...

Ivan Ilyich funeral is the introduction to the story. The conversation by Ivan’s so-called artistic acquaintances is cold and detached.   The author exposes mentality of many of the aristocrats’ during that period. At first glance one might think that his so-called friends and associates are rude and uncaring, but it is there way of life. They were more concerned about what type of inheritance he left behind or the lack of. They are bothered at the fact they must fulfill the demands of propriety by attending the funeral and visiting his wife (741).   Like Ivan they only want to appear to be people of high class by holding themselves slaves to their high societal positions. They wanted to appear like decent, honorable, and compassionate men, who respected their fellow college because this is what men of noble standards do. However, they were more concerned about the game of bridge than the death of a man they called friend (742). Peter Ivanovich is the only one who is seen as...