Jan 5, 2010

The Wild Duck | The Wild Duck

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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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The Wild Duck | The Wild Duck

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Characters Discussed

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