Themes and ideas
So for in the wild duck there are a few reoccurring themes/motifs and ideas that are repeated. The first one being lies. It seems that throughout the play so far, lies tend to be kept from one another to either protect a person or use that lie to use against someone. Lies to me tend to be seen as something that are bad something you would use to make someone happy because you don't want to see them sad or just to keep something really hurtful away from them. Also with the theme of lies there are secrets which could be related to that also. There is the reoccurring motif of a wild duck. This could probably show how Hedvig is isolated off from the world just like the wild duck because her parents want to protect her because of her eyesight. Isolating her allows them to manipulate and condition her the way the want to but the main reason they keep her so coped up is to protect her in general. Also there is water. Water could represent and relate to like a sailor out at sea. Like the family they are like a sailor at dock. They seem to be isolated which could be a good or bad thing depending on the situation. Anyway by being isolated it allows them to solve all their problems right then and their without causing other reprocutions from anything. So as a sailor moves out to see I see that as the family having to let go of their lies and secrets and finally come clean of what they done. Finally when the sailor is out and sailing across the ocean it shows how the family is free and careless of what has happened in the past but now they are looking into the future.
Good job. I especially like your analysis of the water, which has interested me throughout both Oedipus and the Wild Duck. The water does seem to represent some sort of moving on, or of freedom, and I think it is a critical motif in both plays.
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