Journal #4: Wild Duck, Discussion

Oedipus the King and Wild Duck

• The truth is revealed at the end of the play.
• Self-sacrifice (Jocasta vs Hedvig)
• Motif of blindness (Tiresias & Odeipus vs Hedvig and Werle)
• Some messed up plot involving the mother figures (Jocasta vs Gina)
• Truth only causes bitterness and unhappiness, and is the cause of death in both cases.
• The bringer of the truth is someone outside the family that is the audience's main focus. (Tiresias vs Gregers)
• Both of these plays were translated into English. (Norwegian vs Greek)
• The protagonists of theses plays are oblivious to a horrifying truth that eventually breaks up families and causes death
• The two characters that do not know of the lies within their circle of family and friends one male and one female in both plays