TWD Journal 3

In the Wild Duck there are many themes and motifs. The one motif that stood out to me was sight. In the play it repeats how Werle is going blind and how bad of a thing that is. On page 63 Gina, Hjalmar and Mrs. Sorby are chatting and the discussion of Werle going blind is brought upon. When ever the conversation of sight is brought upon it is in a bad way. Like when Hedvig is telling Gregers that her parents don't want to educate her because it will ruin her eyes. And the same with the painting. They do not want her to see the truth of when she would be educated by the outside. And Hjalmar does not even educate her. The second motif is the invention. There never is a true "invention" because Hjalmars invention is just something that convinces himself to think that he is happy. There is no real invention because Hjalmar never started one or finished one.