Comparison: "Not rounding off, but opening out. Comment upon the way the writers deal with the ending in relation to the whole. In your answer you should refer to two or three of the works you have studied.
The plays "Wild Duck" and "Oedipus" both have an ending that opens out and doesn't round off. By this I mean the ending is not abrupt and like an endpoint, but open to more events; the beginning of the end, you could call it.
With "Oedipus," Oedipus ends up blinding himself in the end; he does not end his life and kill himself but he only blinds himself. This leaves the story open to more events and it could possibly have a future. He lives on through the tragedies that have happened.
The same goes for "Wild Duck." The main character does not kill himself; he goes through a tragedy and lives on. He could possibly still say with Gina. They will grieve over the loss of their daughter. The story does not just end with Hjalmar leaving, but he stays. The ending opens out and does not round off and completely finish.
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