Identify the context and significance of this quotation from…

Identify the context and significance of this quotation from Hedda Gabler  (4-6 good sentences):   It’s a liberation for me to know that in this world an act of courage, done in full, free will, is possible.  something bathed in a bright shaft of sudden beauty. . . . .  All I know is that Eilert Lovborg had the courage to live life his own way, and now–his last great act–bathed in beauty.  He–had the will to break free from the banquet of life–so soon.