Read the excerpt below and answer the 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?

Hedda compares Lovborg to any common man. She does not refer to him as a hard competitor from the academic world.

Explanation:

"any one should throw you into the shade..." Hedda is not a well-meant character. She is ambitious and she does not want to be married to a an unsuccessful man. The word " any one" means any person from the common. " ..to throw into the shade" means to insult him by stopping Tesman from getting a better position in the academic world.

active voice: my father cut the tree.

passive voice: the tree was cut by my father.

active voice: people buy newspapers every day.

passive voice: newspapers are bought (by people) every day.

active voice: people have been using movies as political propaganda since world war ii.

passive voice: movies have been used as political propaganda since world war ii.

active voice: donna gave me my birthday present.

passive voice: i was given my birthday present (by donna). / my birthday present was given to me (by donna).

active voice: mom will leave the keys on the counter.

passive voice: the keys will be left (by mom) on the counter.

the words in parentheses are the agent of the passive voice and can be omitted when obvious, generic, or simply unnecessary.

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