# Berta — Hedda Gabler character guide

> Berta in Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Berta, Berta Well, Berta Softly, Berta Judge Brack

**First appearance:** 0003-act-i

## Snapshot

The Tesmans' longtime maid, uprooted from the aunt who trained her, now nervously gauging whether she can suit a new mistress she barely knows.

## Who they are

Berta has spent years keeping house for George Tesman and the Misses Tesman, and the transfer to his new marriage feels less like a promotion than a quiet bereavement. She frets openly about Miss Rina's care and about whether Hedda will find her wanting, hovering at the edges of the drawing room with bouquets and small anxieties. Her loyalty and unease quietly register the household's mood before anyone else in it speaks.

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