A character sketch of Hedda in the book "Hedda Gabler"

Hedda Gabler could be considered the main character in the play "Hedda Gabler". In the story of "Hedda Gabler," Henrik Ibsen's shows how people's sadness can be the cause of a woman's happiness. Hedda Gabler struggles in this story to find happiness by making the people around her miserable. Her longing to be loved ruins the lives of everyone around her. Hedda's yearning for attention causes her to make Mrs. Elvsted life miserable, ruin Eilert …

…because she really loves Loevborg. After she burnt the manuscript she learns to her surprise that Eilert dies a gruesome death, which upsets her greatly. She thought he might have killed himself but he was shot trying to get back his book from a woman who he thought took it. After she heard this sad news from the judge, she slips away to a back room and shoots herself, committing suicide and ending the story.