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.