Blood Wedding Journal 1:

While reading the play Blood Wedding I notcied the symbol of the moon. I think the moon demonstrated the imagery of light. The moon shines the light revealing what the dark can hide. This can parallel with a sence of secrecy  in the fact that when it is dark the truth cannot be revealed because you cannot see it. The three lumberjacks are talking about how the moon must shine to make the trip easier for the bridegroom in his search to find his bride and Leanardo. This can also relate to the common theme demonstrated through all three plays in that ignorance is bliss. If the light is not shown on the true side of the situation then there is no question of its accuracy or truth.

The Wild Duck Responses

Anthony Quach: The Wild Duck Journal 2:
"This was so good Anthony :) I really like how you embraced the motifs and symbols in the orginial piece and how the order of the true story translated into you poem like Tate explained about the ultimate failure. Overall i really enjoyed it!"

Eddie Tea: The Wild Duck Journal 2; Personal convictions
"I agree with Jarrad. There is a significant amount of symbols and motifs demonstarted.I especially like the element of secrets and lies as well as  what I believe to be deception. I think this would be a good topic to look into further!"

Anthony Nguyen: The Wild Duck Journal 3:
"I agree with Jordan how I don't think the promt compleatly connects but i like the overall idea that you are trying to portray. I compleatly agree how personal beliefes can sometimes derail relationships and be problematic. I also agree on the line where you explained the public's biased views because of their loyalty towards him."

The Wild Duck Journal 3:

An interesting point that i noticed while comparing The Wild Duck and Oedipus Rexwas the style of writting. These are both written as plays however both with different techniques. In The Wild Duck none of the characters no matter primary or secondary do not have monologues or asides to themselves. However in Oedipus the protagonist often has an aside speaking only to the audience. I believe this is used to create a distance between Oedipus and the other characters. We have inside imformation that the other characters do not letting us in on his true feelings where as in Wild Duck the reader never gets that closeness with any of the characters. However just because we cannot be close to the characters does not mean that we cannot relate.  I believe that Gina is a fairly relatable character in Wild Duck. She kept a supposed harmless secret despite the truth in the end in its destroying of her relationship with her husband. In both stories i believe that many of the characters are not necesarily liked but can still be relted to.

The Wild Duck: Journal 2

The Theme of Blindness is demonstrated both in Ibsen's The Wild Duck as well as Sophocles' Oedipus Rex. Oedipus had murdered his father as well as slept with and married his own mother un-knowingly. Before understanding the prophesy he was happy or atleast content with the life he was living. However when he discovered the truth about the life he thought he had been living his life began to derail. It was so important to him to understand the truth that he was ruining his life in the process. Simlarly Hedvig, blind herself demonstrates this same thing. Hedvig did not know the severity or understand the element of her blindness and she was sheltered from this thereforenot knowing the true severity of the situation. I believe that this is also demonstrated through the families domestic lifestyle seperate from the real world hidding the truth of the tradgic situations surrounding them.

The Wild Duck Journal 1:

In reading both Oedipus the King and The Wild Duck i have noticed both of their references and opinions of fate. In Oedipus the idea of fate is obvious to the audience as well as the characters. It is obvious to Oedipus because of the prophecy. The chorus also speaks to the idea of fate. 

In the Wild Duck the idea of fate and destiny is a symbol. The duck, in hopes to not get caught he dives down to the bottom of the river but got caught in the weeds. This can compare to how Oediopus tried to get away from the prophecy but instead he ends up running right into it. Hedvig was also trying to almost organize her family or rather please them and put the happiness of her father first by killing the wild duck. However instead she takes her own life in sacrifice for her family. This demonstrates the unfortunate but necessary fate.

Oediopus Journal 3:

While reading Oedipus I also noticed some comparisons between this play and the story of Hamlet. In the play Oedipus has unknowingly murdered his father and has slept with his mother. In Hamlet he has killed his uncle and is married to his mother. Not only are both protagonists in similar situations but they also have a large fear of their fate and what their lives will come to. However, despite this fear they both also have unfortunate attributes. Oedipus has a very big ego and is full of pride. He thinks that he can get away with doing whatever it is that he wants to do. This differs from Hamlet's desire of revenge. He is so engrossed in getting back at his father that he completely looses himself in the process.  I think that this all relates back to fate. In Oedipus Rex it is shown that you are to ultimately loose if you attempt to discover fate. In Hamlet the fear is that what has happened to the royal family could happen to you if you are rash in your judgment instead of careful. This is why I believe these two stories are so similar.

Oedipus Journal 2:

Sophocles' Oediopus Rex as well as Oedipus the King has a theme surrounding the search of ones individual identity. Shakespere's King Lear is similar to this theme as the King has to endure his banishment from his own kingdom. I think that this is also a common theme that we as the individual live through daily. We as individuals are often likely to get caught up in the ques for life reason and wonder where we came from. Who we are. And where we are going. Like in Oedipus we often begin to see the light  at the end of terror or a troublesome situation. When dealing with a troublesome challenge we often gain the courage to seek out the truth.

Oedipus Journal 1:

At the beginning of the year the Tigard High School theatre three and four class took a field trip to Reed College to see a performance of Oedipus Rex with a supliment feature at the end of Oedipus the King. This performance was part of the Classic Greek Theatre of Oregon Festival. The most notable difference between the written play and this interpretation was that this performance started with a Greek setting but not in the meaning and intent of Sophocles. Oedipus was set in Japan to show the tradgedy in a more unique light. Another interesting interpretation was the choice to cast all of the actors with a male giving the story and events an extreme when you see all the roles cast as men. This factor is also more time period accurate because when the play was originally written there were no female actors. Along with the all male cast some actors used masks to signifie there change in character. This is also accurate to the traditional perfomance of Greek theatre. These masks also helped demonstrate the loss of induality as well as lack of importance a normal human being holds in comparison to one on the Gods who are so prominent in all Greek plays.