The Wild Duck (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Henrik Ibsen
- First Published: 1884
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: Norway
- Genres: Social realism, Drama
- Subjects: Suicide, Nineteenth century, Blindness or blind persons, Illegitimacy, Hunting or hunters, Wealth, Norway or Norwegians
- Locales: Norway
Characters Discussed
Hjalmar Ekdal, a photographer. After his father’s imprisonment for making and using a false map to fell timber on government land, his father’s former partner, Werle, a businessman, set Hjalmar up as a photographer. He got Hjalmar a room in a house run by the mother of the Werles’ former maid, Gina Hansen, who knows how to retouch photographs, and encouraged the two to marry. They have been married for some years when the play opens, and Hedvig, their fourteen-year-old daughter, is Hjalmar’s chief joy. In addition to his photography, Hjalmar is...
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