The wild duck journal 4

The character that was most at fault for the events to come was Greggers. This is the case because he was the one who gave Hedvig the idea to sacrifice what meant most to her in her life to prove to Hjalmar that she loved him still. Instead of Hedvig sacrificing the wild duck as an offering for her father she chooses herself over the duck which in the end causes her death. Another character at fault would be Hjalmar himself, if it was not for the way he was acting toward Hedvig nothing would have happened. Hjalmar constantly kept telling Hedvig that he wanted her to leave and that he did not even want to see her because it was too painful for him so he made Gina make her leave every time she appeared. These actions lead to Hedvig wanting her father to love her again and make him want to come back even more, she did not like how he was acting so she started with ideas on how to get him to come back, which led to the idea of a sacrifice. Also, Mrs. Sorby who dropped off the letter was a big part to blame for what happened because if it were not for her Hjalmar would not have even known in the first place and the old illusion that was going on in the family would have continued. If there was any character without blame it would be Hedvig herself because she was innocent to the entire subject and had no clue what would happen or what was going on. Hedvig was utterly oblivious to all situations involving Gina and Werle's involvement and that she was a possible result of it. Another character that did not have much to do with anything was Relling on the side he was merely just a person to give a room for Hjalmar to stay in, no real involvement with what was going on. The character who should be at blame is Greggers for giving the idea of sacrifice and using the gun to take away what was most important to Hedvig. In a way Hjalmar takes responsibility for the death of Hedvig through making it clear that he drove her off through "And I drove her from me like an animal!"(215). This announcement made clear that Hjalmar realizes that if he had not acted in the way he did then Hedvig would not be dead.