Wild Duck Journal #4

What are the questions that underlie at least two of the works read? How have the authors sought to answer those questions?

The questions that underlie at least two of the works read are simply the truth. Both of the plays, Oedipus and Wild Duck, have situations and plots that the truth is hidden. Revealing the truth is the point and movement of the plot of both tragedies. In Oedipus the revealing truth of the prophecies is the main focus of the play. In Wild Duck, Greggers pushing the family to slowly reveal the truth is the main focus of the tragedy. As one can see, these two have similar focuses and main questions that underlie the works. To answer these questions both of the authors have illustrated a journey one of the main characters has to go through in order to reveal the hidden truth. Instead of directly stating the truth, making it a journey to slowly reveal it, is what makes these tragedies what they are, and beautiful pieces of literature.