The Wild Duck Journal 5

The Wild Duck Journal 5

The Wild Duck is a tragedy because Hjalmar was innocently living in a lie and he was happy. Gregers came and told Hjalmar that his life was a lie and created an emotional scar that would never heal for Hjalmar. A tragedy has a main character that is just an average person, in this play  it was Hjalmar. Hjalmar was just an average guy caught up in something bigger. He couldn’t change his fate once the story started. Gregers was the intrusion into his life that made things worse for Hjalmar. Hjalmar’s family is now forever broken because of Gregers. Hedvig was the most innocent character of the play. She only wanted the best for her family and so to try and make things right, she took Gregers’ advice and killed herself. This is tragic because Hedvig was the cause of a lot of the problems but she wasn’t responsible for any of them. She took it upon herself to make things right and that’s why she died. Gregers was a curse in disguise for Hjalmar’s family.