Hedda's symbolic age, twenty-nine, forced her to marry because society's age limit for marriage was reaching her; he needed a stable and secure arrangement to avoid scandal. However, by marrying George, Hedda was trying to gain what she wanted most: control. Attempting to maintain material wealth and status was his way of doing so; both become evident in Hedda's complaints. He wants another piano because the old one “doesn't really fit in with all these other things” and asks for a butler and a horse, knowing he can't have these things (232;247). More importantly, Hedda is trying to regain the previous status she had when she talks to George about how "It was part of our pact that we would live in society - that we would keep a big house -" (247) . This becomes the definitive proof that Hedda's love for George is false. The wedding was a business; therefore, it seems that Hedda is only concerned with improving herself. He doesn't care about others, not even George. Hedda is consumed in her materialistic world and fails to realize that this world will never materialize. It is evident that what is important in life has somehow left her out and she is lost in herself