Hedda Gabler · Character
Aunt Rina
Tesman's elderly and bedridden aunt, mentioned but never seen on stage.
minor
Also known as Rina
First appearance: act i
Aunt Rina's tie to Juliana Tesman is one of the pressures that moves Hedda Gabler—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
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With Juliana Tesman (family): Aunt Rina is Juliana's invalid sister, with whom she shares a devoted, caretaking bond, though Rina remains…
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- Family
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- Offstage Influences & Antagonists
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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See Aunt Rina in act i