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John S. Chamberlain. defeated ( Old Ekdal ) , the gifted but vulnerable and deprived ( Hedvig ) , and even , or perhaps especially , the ignorant and abused ( Gina ) . Elsewhere I have argued that The Wild Duck may owe much to the ...
John S. Chamberlain. defeated ( Old Ekdal ) , the gifted but vulnerable and deprived ( Hedvig ) , and even , or perhaps especially , the ignorant and abused ( Gina ) . Elsewhere I have argued that The Wild Duck may owe much to the ...
Page 119
... Old Ekdal , a court has tried Werle and found reason enough to acquit him , or , as Gregers sees it , insufficient evidence to convict him , of complicity in Old Ekdal's crimes : it is Gregers alone who is certain that his father ...
... Old Ekdal , a court has tried Werle and found reason enough to acquit him , or , as Gregers sees it , insufficient evidence to convict him , of complicity in Old Ekdal's crimes : it is Gregers alone who is certain that his father ...
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... Old Ekdal had the chance to put a bullet into his brains , he did not . But he expects Gregers to admire his ( Hjalmar's ) own singular mental fortitude for daring to “ choose life " in circumstances so similar to Old Ekdal's that both ...
... Old Ekdal had the chance to put a bullet into his brains , he did not . But he expects Gregers to admire his ( Hjalmar's ) own singular mental fortitude for daring to “ choose life " in circumstances so similar to Old Ekdal's that both ...
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