In the books Oedipus The King and The Wild Duck there is a lot of connection to the quote "Not rounding off, but opening out." For example in The Wild Duck Greggers has a terrible relationship with his father. He had not spoken or seen his father in 15 years. This was because they did not have a good relationship and were mad at each other, so Greggers closed off his communication and relationship with his father. This shows the he was rounding off. Greggers' father Werle offers Greggers a business proposition, to be partners in their family business. But Greggers does not want to accept this offer because he was rounded off from his father. This could end up being a bad thing for Greggers because it is not known that this business proposition would be a bad idea. It could end up being a blessing in disguise. But because Greggers is closed off, he will never know whether this business proposition would have been benificial to him or not.
Another example of being rounded off and needing to open up was in Oedipus The King. Oedipus lived his whole life not knowing a VERY important fact about his wife. This fact was that his wife is also his mother. He did not know this fact until it was revealed to him by another person because he had lived a closed off life with his wife/mother. If he had opened up to his wife earlier he would have found this out earlier and he would never had gone through what he had to go through. Which means he would still be that king, he would not be blind and he would not have married his mother.
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