Ibsen Wild Duck Journal 3

Comparison: "What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out?" To what extent do you find this statement applicable in at least two plays you have studied?

This statement is very applicable in "Oedipus" and "Wild Duck. In "Oedipus," the play is about the time period in which Oedipus finds out that he married his mother and killed his father. This play covers all of his life that is relevant to the story, but with "the dull bits cut out." It does not tell his whole entire life story; just the significant and dramatic parts like how he was given away to be killed but he was not actually killed, and the part about how he killed his father. So it is essentially his life but with the dull bits cut out.
It is the same with "Wild Duck." It is just about the lives of people in the Werle and Ekdal; but all the "dull bits [are] cut out." It is about how Hjalmar finds out that his wife had an affair with Werle many years back. This play includes all the drama of the story and does not contain any "dull bits" of life.