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