Wild Duck Journal #3

"Journal #3: Consider which characters are at fault for the events that are unfolding and why? Is there a character without blame? Why or why not? Is there a character who should carry more of the blame? Do any of the characters take responsibility?"
There is no character without blame. This is because each of them has to be held accountable for their actions. The wife should be held more responsible because she did not tell her husband in the first place. However, it was none of Gregger's business to come there and spill out this secret. Hedvig should not have assumed her father hated her. Hjalmar should not have acted so irrationally. Relling and Molvik should have tried to stop Gregger's. Mrs. Sorby should not have tried to intervene with the money/decree when she did. She should not have come at all. Old Werle should not have blamed old Ekdal completely for the logging scheme. It was partly old Werle's fault too. Old Ekdal should not have told Hedvig how to shoot the Wild Duck because then she may not have killed herself.