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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelIn The Wild Duck. Ibsen creates his main characters with their
conscience. The main characters represents different aspects of life. Gregers
Werle represents a person with his claim of ideal, and Hjalmar Ekdal represents a
person who is unable to face the reality of life. Gregers' idealistic mission is so
totally misapplied to Hjaimar's character and situation that later leads to the end
of Hjalmar's happy family. The writer is interested to analyse this play since it
concerns human social problem that is regarded as universal problem Therefore,
the writer will analyse the search for truth and its consequences. She is curious to
know what motivates Gregers to find truth. Truth is something that man regards
as a goodness that they value, but in this play the truth is very dangerous and
leads to the destruction of Hjaimar's family. In The Wild Duck. Ibsen uses
Retrospective technique to create the problem. By using literary tools of
character, characterization, and conflict, the writer will analyze Gregers'
motivation to find the truth and its consequences to the other characters. Besides,
the writer also uses psychological theories to get a deeper understanding of the
main male character. She takes some theories of motivation, illusion, and
idealism. From the analysis, the writer sees that truth which is positive by nature
can be negative, since it destroys someone's happiness. By analysing Henrik
Ibsen's The Wild Duck, the writer wants to show that truth is not always
recommendable, because sometimes man needs illusion in his life.