The Wild Duck, written by Henry Ibsen is a story of two families, the Werles and Ekdals. The Ekdals are poor; Haakon Werle has ruined Old Ekdal in business. The young, idealistic Gregers, son of Haakon Werle comes to stay with the Ekdals after a quarrel with his father. He is aware, though the Ekdals are not, that Gina, wife of his contemporary Hjalmar Ekdal, was previously his father's mistress and that is why Hjalmar …showed first 75 words of 1298 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1298 total…increase the impression that it does concern us. And don't we all know a Hedvig, a Gina, an Hjalmar and a Gregers? Maybe there's something of them all in all of us. The play sucks you in, gets under your skin and stays there, along with the horror, the anger and the sympathy you feel while reading. As a reader you begin to think of people who you might know who hide tender little secrets.