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?

a tree

the moon

an Olympian

the sun

Answer 1

Hedda it's comparing her love to Tesman with the moon.

Answer 2

Hedda it's comparing her love to Tesman with the moon.

Step-by-step explanation:

After Julia leaves, George returns, approaching Hedda for the manuscript; he fears Lövborg may do himself damage before he can return it. Coolly, Hedda discloses to him she copied the papers. She needed nobody to put her significant other "in the shade," she tells George, who never heard Hedda express her love for him.