Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

HEDDA: No matter—I could not bear the idea that any one should throw you into the shade. TESMAN. [In an outburst of mingled doubt and joy.] Hedda! Oh, is this true? But—but—I never knew you show your love like that before. Fancy that! (Hedda Gabler; act 4, p. 129)

To what does Hedda compare Lovborg with the metaphor in her dialogue with Tesman?

Answer 1

Answer:

Hedda compares Lovborg to any common man. She does not refer to him as a hard competitor from the academic world.

Explanation:

"....any one should throw you into the shade..." Hedda is not a well-meant character. She is ambitious and she does not want to be married to a an unsuccessful man. The word " any one" means any person from the common. " ..to throw into the shade" means to insult him by stopping Tesman from getting a better position in the academic world.

Answer 2

Answer:

the moon

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