I think I'd like to write my World Lit on The Wild Duck. I would like to focus on Ibsen's concept of 'summons to the ideal', and how he seems to be arguing that ignorance can be beneficial to many people, and knowing the truth can often be much more harmful than not.
Had Gregers not attempted to 'help' Hjalmar, Hedvig may not have died, and the Ekdal family may have been just fine. Although he insists that since Hjalmar knows the truth, he is on the path to being a better man, I more agree with Rellings who believes that Gregers tore apart Hjalmar's life.
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