Journal #5

Setting: This includes cultural as well as geographical and historical setting. What effect does the setting have on story, character, theme?


In the story, "Wild Duck", a family lives in a little home called a studio. This setting plays a huge impact on the story. A Studio is like a mini apartment and is fairly small with not much room for a family of 4 or more people to live in. The Ekdal's have Hjalmar, Edvig, Gina, grandpa (Ekdal), and a new person outside of the family, Gregers living in this small little area. 
    This setting helps create the character, Hedvig on who she is. She is very childish and the setting helps portray this. Children tend to want their mom and dad to be close to them all the time. They get homesick very easily. This setting makes Hedvig appear very childish because Hedvig claims she never wants to leave the house., When Greegers asks her if she wanted to explore outside and see what it is like, Hedvig surprises him in a way and says she has all these books read about what life outside her home is like. She likes being contained within the home.
      This setting can create a theme suggesting that people are uncomfortable going beyond their limits. People do not like stretching and trying something new, Hedvig likes the idea of exploring, but she is to nervous to actually do it. This proves that the setting reveals how people get very uncomfortable trying new things and going outside their typical life and experiencing something new.