“Yes, our group is part of a very specialized group. » The only person Hedda considers equal is Judge, because she understands the sophistication of the group she grew up with. This specialized group is similar to that of a fraternity or sorority in college. What happens in the fraternity stays in the fraternity. Everyone in the fraternity knows everyone's business and everyone outside the fraternity is treated like they don't know anything. Hedda and Judge make this very clear during their long conversations about each other's affairs. It's like a sorority, except Hedda is used to being the queen bee in the sorority. She can't handle when Judge wins a sneaky hit and the powers shift within the group. This seemingly endless change for Hedda pushes her to the extreme and she uses her own gun to shoot herself in the head. Hedda was cruel from the beginning of the play until her death at the end. She was fine when she was on top and had all the power, but when her castle collapsed, she couldn't deal with the karma that had trapped her in her ruined domain. Hedda learned not to inflict on the world what cannot be taken back by ten, but unfortunately, by the time she realized it, its destruction was too far away.