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85. Henrik Ibsen - The Wild Duck

  • Tim O'Brien
  • Mar 12, 2013
  • 1 min read

Much better.

Financial and sexual corruption have led to a sham marriage. Husband finds out that his daughter is not his, threatens to leave the family home; daughter who one thinks is going to kill the symbolic duck in fact kills herself.

Both plays feature a rather moralistic minor character who forces the adults to acknowledge their weaknesses; the author may have been something of a moralist but these characters seem somewhat sadistic; probably unintentionally.



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