The Wild Duck Journal 1

In the "Wild Duck", by Henrik Ibsen, Gregors has false conceptions of himself.  He believes that he needs to be the hero and do the right thing by telling Hjalmar the truth about Hedvig.  He also believes that by telling the truth his conscience will be cleared and his destiny would be fulfilled. Hjalmar on the other hand has misconceptions of everyone around him.  For instance Hjalmar believes that Mr. Werle was a good and helpful person when in reality Mr. Werle only helped Hjalmar for his own person gains. Mr. Werle also creates a facade around himself.  He keeps people believeing that he is a nice person in order to cover up his past.