"Even time doesn't exist in there-with the wild duck" (162). This quotation, spoken by Gregers is significant because it is saying that when a person is unaware of the truth, when they do not actually understand what is going on, their entire life is unreal. Time is real, time is constant. Without time nothing exists. This says if you do not know the truth then the life you are living is unreal and meaningless.
"Don't you ever want to go out and see the real world all for yourself" (163)? This quotation, spoken from Gregers to Hedvig is a way of Gregers expressing to Hedvig that she is sheltered, that she does not know everything there is to know. Gregers is encouraging Hedvig to go out and explore, to be a detective and form her own opinions. Gregers wants Hedvig to be influenced by herself, not solely by Hjalmar.
"Yes, because its my wild duck"
"Yes, of course it is" (163). This exchange between Hedvig and Gregers clues the audience into the fact that Gregers knows more than he is revealing to the Ekdal's. The fact that the wild duck is in fact Hedvig's shows that whatever the lie is that is taking place has to do with Hedvig.
"The wild duck rules supreme in there, doesn't she" (164)? This question posed by Gregers could honestly be seen as a rhetorical question because Gregers will not get the answer to the question he is actually posing. Gregers is actually asking if the lie that entangles the Ekdal family is in fact controlling the family.
"And your thinking so is part of the sickness" (170). The sickness that Gregers is referring to would be the lie that Hjalmar is living in. Hjalamar's own thoughts and ideas are quite unimportant due to the lie that he is living in, therefore, anything negative that happens to the Ekdal's is just adding to the sickness unnecessarily
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