Journal #9 The Wild Duck

Disscusion on litterary topics: Notes from a brainstorm session on "outrageous links" between any two of the plays.





Two plays: The Wild Duck and Oedipus the King.



Possible thesis: One cannot escape the truth...



Silimarities between the books:



1. Characters' treatment of knowledge and truth seems to effect their reputation.



2. The Characters' family and background effects their treatment of knowledge and the truth.



3. Characters instinctively shift the blame or assume things of others but eventually these methods fail and they are forced to accept the truth.



Sophocles:



1. Characters are most always wrong when they make assumptions and such because they do not have evidence for their assumptions--> makes characters that made assumptions look bad to other characters and the reader.



2. Characters shifted blame to avoid physical punishment.



Ibsen:



1.When character assume things of others they have evidence to support their assumptions and are most always right. --> makes characters seem more respectable.



2. Characters shifted blame to get out of damaging their reputation.