Comments

To Jarrad:
Good diary entry. I would agree with Kellsie, that the first half of this is definitely good. However, I'm not entirely sure Hjalmar really knew the truth and was concealing it on purpose. Is there evidence for this? The part about "ignorance is bliss" is true, though, and I believe that Hjalmar stayed ignorant despite some serious evidence that Hedvig wasn't his child.
To Isobel:
I would agree to some extent. The plot of Oedipus could be changed slightly (and the greeks often did this) but some of the major events had important messages to them. Without the whole business of being his mother's son and husband, the play would not have been so much about family, but instead about some other crime. I feel like this would be a big change.
To Eddie:
Good job. I especially like your analysis of the water, which has interested me throughout both Oedipus and the Wild Duck. The water does seem to represent some sort of moving on, or of freedom, and I think it is a critical motif in both plays.