World Lit. Topic

The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen

Knowledge

In this play all of the characters know different things. With their knowledge they make assumptions and they try to obtain more knowledge through there motives. Things that I would include would be:

• The audiences' knowledge
• Verbal irony
• Knowing boundaries and how they affect what one shares
• Misunderstandings of knowledge
• And seeking knowledge

I want to focus more on how the knowledge drives the motives but I still feel it is too broad. I know that I will have to narrow stuff down, but I feel like I can take this topic and create a good paper.

Blood Wedding Journal 3

Knives seem to be important because they are mentioned often. The Mother is very concerned when the Bridegroom asks for his knife. She believes he will be harmed if he has one and he believes he will be harmed is he does not have one to protect himself. Knowing that the Spanish Civil War is connected to this book, this is one of the connections if not the only one. It has the element of two people with opposing views believing they have the correct one. The Mother also says the reason for her husband and older son's death is because of a conflict between clans of the same town.

The horse does not want to drink this black water as if it does not want to take in the darkness. the horse is described as having, "wounded hooves" which suggests that it had a long travel and should drink for its survival but it can not. There seems to be an internal struggle.

Blood Wedding Journal 2

Possible symbols:
Knifes, vineyard (farmland), prison, children, horse, flowers, lace and Reaper

Mother appears to be a generic woman who is protective of those she loves and she struggles to give up what she loves. She is also very loyal to her family. She also wants many grandchildren which can strengthen the future of the family, the elderly will be cared for, and brings pride to the family.
Bridgroom is like a common story character that wants to please others as well as live his life and be on his own.
Mother-in-law appears to primarily take care of her gandchild which is common in the Spanish culture.
Why does Leonardo not have a generic name like the rest?

Blood Wedding Journal 1

Page 170 of The Wild Duck (Gregers is the Mayor of Whos and Hjalmer is the Grinch)

Gregers: My dear Grinch, I detect that you have the holiday spirit in you. You have climbed on top of the tree and placed the star.

Hjalmer: I suppose you mean the loss of Max's solitude-- and mine as well?

Gregers: Not quite lost. I wouldn't say your lost; but you're amongst... surrounded by colorful people, Grinch. You're got the joy of Christmas swirling in your veins and you keep fighting it.

Hjalmer: Me? With Christmas joy! You know what, Mr. Mayor, you really must stop pestering.


Page 28 of Antigone ( Antigone is the Cookie Stealer and the First Guard is the Child)

Antigone: No it wasn't. Not with the gravity of the earth always existing. The gravity that was discovered by the man, Issac Newton. That was why I left it. But these children cleared the mess up, so the gravity can cause no more trouble.

First Guard: Nanny, she was scrapping furiously like a deranged cat. Thinking back, we saw her, with the lights dimmed and the flashes of lightning, the other children say, "Has to be a rabid animal," they say. "Rabid!" I say, "that's a girl, she is!" And it was.

Both authors appear to have characters with formal speech, but Ibsen's is more modern and more realistic for our time. Anouilh has many similies that full and the line have a regal sound to it. Ibsen's writing seems more like a true conversation with pauses and the dropping of words.