The Wild Duck

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and in return receives a
small income. The inside room, representing wealth, is Old Werle's
dining room where he was hosting a party. The distinctions of these
two lit rooms contrast Old Ekdal and Old Werle.

"In contrast to Werle's party, the lighting is of comparative
poverty 'on the table a lighted lamp'"(190), explains critic, F.L.
Lucas. Unlike Old Werle's expensive and exquisite illumination, a
small inexpensive lamp lights the Ekdals home, displaying poverty.
This dissimilarity shows another significant distinction between Old
Werle and Old Ekdal.

The distinctions of the light between Old Ekdal's and Old Werle's
homes is illustrated in the following incident.It is brought to the
reader's attention that in the following quotation Old Werle and Old
Ekdal were partners in crime. "[Old Werle] escaped by the skin of his
teeth," while they sentenced Old Ekdal to prison. This incident
resulted in extreme hatred toward Old ...

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in the seaweed below the
waters of the fjord"(190), adds Lucas. The color green, a symbol of
fantasy, is comparable to the world of the wild duck, which the
characters use to "diverge themselves" from reality. The shade green
is a link of two plots of the Wild Duck. One understanding of the
color green hints to the loss of sight which suggests an affair
between Old Werle and Hedvig's mother, Gina. Another explanation of
the green display is to correlate fantasy with the wild duck. The
latter understanding involves Old Ekdal who is an angry man living in
the past on the hunting grounds of the duck. The first explanation of
green results in Hedvig commiting ...

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