Wild Duck #3

Ultimately, Gregers is the instigator for Hedvig shooting herself. Thus, he should take most of the blame. If Gregers had not mentioned that Gina had an affair to Hjalmar then Hedvig would still feel like Hjalmar still loved her and the suicide could have been prevented. So basically, Gregers thought he was helping, in reality, he was hurting the Ekdal family. I say Gregers is not completely at fault because if Gina had been open and told Hjalmar up front that she had an affair with Old Werle and that he might not be Hedvig's father then this situation could have been avoided. Therefore, Old Werle is part of the blame and should take more responsibility because he could have stayed loyal and not have had an affair with Gina. Lastly, Hedvig is at fault, too. I understand she felt like Hjalmar did not love her anymore and that saddened her, but she did not have to commit suicide. This problem could have been resolved, but she decided to be selfish and take her own life. Gregers, overall needed to take more of the blame and the fault because he was the main cause of the Ekdal's family problems. I believe that Henrik Ibsen reveals that hiding the truth, but telling the truth, too all the time is destructive as shown through the Ekdal family that got devastated.